Mittwoch...Gewitter!

I've had a bit of an odd/off day for no other reason than I've had a terrible case of the "drowsies" from about 10 a.m. on! It was a lovely morning, so I walked down to the Lech River around 6 a.m. ( jet lag makes me feel virtuous!) and sat there for a time...just being.  I even beat the morning fishermen who arrived as I mused at the water's edge!  Then I came home to breakfast and some journaling out on the porch.  The sun burnt the morning clouds away and it was so lovely that I couldn't justify sitting inside in front of my computer - rather I took my book (a poorly written and even worse edited WW2 first person account of the 8th Air Force) and sprawled out on the chaise longue, moving from time to time to avoid direct sunlight.  My immediate neighbor, Frau Ried and I connected...leaving only Annie Epple for me to stumble upon.  (I have two Annies as neighbors - I call them my stereo Annies - one in front and one in back!)  A phone call from Dirk Dyckerhoff telling me that he'll visit me here from August 6th through 8th brought me back inside, after which I flopped on the couch to watch "Father Returns to Auschwitz" and the beginning of "Shoah" before I realized just how sleepy I was.  I fought it for a time and then thought, "Whatever!  I'm going to take a nap!"  Two and a half hours later, I was back at work on my "Center Compound History" (from Stalag Luft III) transcription...I added about twelve pages to my growing document.  I'd thought to take an evening bike ride as the day was so lovely, but about 6:30 p.m. the skies darkened and one of those famous Bavarian weather fronts rolled in - spawned I'm sure by our proximity to the Alps.  Thunder, lightening, wind, dramatic hail followed quickly by buckets of rain insured that I was in for the night!  On any typical day here one can experience a wide array of weather...making Carpe Diem an immediate necessity rather than an idle suggestion!