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Hurricane Helene has come and gone.
Here in my part of the subtropics it was a complete nothing, for which I'm thankful. A day off work, a four-hour period of gusty winds and resulting tree trash in the yard, and nothing else. (Well, there was anxiety, because I hate hurricanes, but that's a me thing.)
However, the storm has been unbelievably devastating elsewhere. The west coast of Florida had storm surge well away from the actual landfall, so there's big damage on the Tampa Bay-area barrier islands. But I am more worried about the historic rainfall and winds in Helene's path through Georgia, and the apocalyptic floods in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. I know so many people in Asheville and surrounding towns, and their lives are going to be absolutely upended for the next months, or years.
A candle is lit for them. :(
Televisual watching: I've started and am keeping up with Agatha All Along -- I enjoy the performances and the direction, although it's not exactly my genre. I've also started watching A Very Royal Scandal,
wherein Michael Sheen is doing a great but repulsive job as Prince Andrew and, in a small role, my fave Alex Jennings is killing it as Sir Edward Young, the senior courtier on the Queen's team.
Alex Jennings also gave a lovely commentary on the occasion of the great Dame Maggie Smith's death. Her passing is sad, and the harbinger of the end of a generation -- only Dame Judi and Dame Julie Andrews are left. I've been thinking about the only time I saw Dame Maggie onstage in Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van; the absolute control of character, voice, and story she had! She was remarkable for sixty years, a one-off, wit and acid and beauty all her life. What a great woman.
Lastly, I had one more Twisters fic in me: "Indiscreet", Tyler/Kate. This started out as a scene, which led to me thinking of that fandom staple structure Five Times X Happened and One Time It Didn't; as I wrote, however, it just turned into Five Times Tyler and Kate Did Not Know the Meaning of the Word 'Discretion.' There is no One Time They Did. ;)
Hugs to all, and may the next week be a good one.
Here in my part of the subtropics it was a complete nothing, for which I'm thankful. A day off work, a four-hour period of gusty winds and resulting tree trash in the yard, and nothing else. (Well, there was anxiety, because I hate hurricanes, but that's a me thing.)
However, the storm has been unbelievably devastating elsewhere. The west coast of Florida had storm surge well away from the actual landfall, so there's big damage on the Tampa Bay-area barrier islands. But I am more worried about the historic rainfall and winds in Helene's path through Georgia, and the apocalyptic floods in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. I know so many people in Asheville and surrounding towns, and their lives are going to be absolutely upended for the next months, or years.
A candle is lit for them. :(
Televisual watching: I've started and am keeping up with Agatha All Along -- I enjoy the performances and the direction, although it's not exactly my genre. I've also started watching A Very Royal Scandal,
wherein Michael Sheen is doing a great but repulsive job as Prince Andrew and, in a small role, my fave Alex Jennings is killing it as Sir Edward Young, the senior courtier on the Queen's team.
Alex Jennings also gave a lovely commentary on the occasion of the great Dame Maggie Smith's death. Her passing is sad, and the harbinger of the end of a generation -- only Dame Judi and Dame Julie Andrews are left. I've been thinking about the only time I saw Dame Maggie onstage in Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van; the absolute control of character, voice, and story she had! She was remarkable for sixty years, a one-off, wit and acid and beauty all her life. What a great woman.
Lastly, I had one more Twisters fic in me: "Indiscreet", Tyler/Kate. This started out as a scene, which led to me thinking of that fandom staple structure Five Times X Happened and One Time It Didn't; as I wrote, however, it just turned into Five Times Tyler and Kate Did Not Know the Meaning of the Word 'Discretion.' There is no One Time They Did. ;)
Hugs to all, and may the next week be a good one.
