A Chronological List:

1. Received a lovely job offer from Emerson College for the spring.

2. Ashtanga, after five months.

3. Turned 52.

4.. President Barack Hussein Obama re-elected!

5. Nor’easter hits the Cape.

6. Day two of relentless rain and howling wind.

7. My parents’ power returned.

8. My niece’s school reopened.

9. Power in other homes and other schools still remain shut down.

10. Completed a short story, “Counterpoint.”

Today I went to look at the ocean and snap iPod photos.  Later I spoke to most of my family who seem well, though waiting for power.  To look at the devastation that this Hurricane has wrought is humbling; to see places I’ve lived covered in water is sobering.  Virginia and Ohio are sending workers to NJ to help restore power.  NJ is helping NY.  In six days, we have an election.

Meanwhile, the ocean, sand and gulls today were cold and clear in the sun.