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Rain, Rain, Go Away! Today is another ugly day. It will rain off and on all day and stay in the low 60’s. Right now the rain is on again. Our concert was cancelled. The event wasn’t, but we can’t play in the rain so I get to stay home cozy, dry and warm.

It is science fiction Saturday. I am now being entertained by The Atomic Submarine with a great opening of wonderfully eerie music. I like to watch the list of lesser actors as sometimes I recognize a few of the names. Here I didn’t. The special effects aren’t great, but this was released in 1959. It seems one of the atomic subs has been destroyed and other ships have gone missing from their polar route. The Tigershark, a high tech sub, will hunt the cause of these disasters. I haven’t seen the whole movie, but the villain is extraterrestrial. There is a voiceover to fill the plot gaps.

I feel lazy today. I suspect it will be a sloth day. My to-do list is no shorter than it has been, but I have no guilt about it. Chores will get done sometime.

I like naps. I even used to take them in the heat of the afternoon in Ghana. For two hours, during siesta time, the stores and even the post office closed. My students rested in their dorms.

Traveling in Ghana was an adventure. During school holidays, I’d take the bus to Accra which was 364 miles away. A car ride only took 6 1/2 hours, but I was seldom lucky enough to find a ride. Sometimes I’d take the state bus which had a schedule and took about the same amount of time as a car to get to Accra. Other times I’d take a bus from the lorry park, the cheapest ride, where I’d have to wait until the bus filled before it left. People were even crammed in the aisle. The bus made frequent stops adding to the travel time. I’d buy food offered through the window usually by women. It took hours to get to Accra. The best and quickest way was by plane from Tamale which took about an hour and was sort of expensive. I didn’t take that too often.

In Ghana, I learned be a patient traveler.