Clouds

Heavy clouds dominated the morning's early hours and in places mist hovered over ground far away. Below is a photo from our building's front balcony. The earlier hours were available to us because someone rang our bedside phone at 6:45 a.m. Wrong number.

We have found that occasional clouds provide welcome respite from constant, almost overbearing sunshine. We don't recall feeling that way about clouds before, but the sun's power here is practically constant and unremittingly strong.

I set about catching up on business and was speaking via Skype to someone in Montreal when our internet abruptly quit on us. Laptop, iPads, and iPhones all severed from their intercontinental reach. The modem was on, the connection bars full strength, everything looked good, but disconnected all the same. I tried unplugging and rebooting the modem. Nada.

Offline? What do you mean I'm offline?

So we made the best of it by going to read and meditate by the pool. Also, internet was available there enabling at least some basic communication as necessary. The clouds gradually dispersed, the sun came out, and we enjoyed time both beside the pool and in it.

I had reported the Net failure, of course, and requested it be fixed but around 5:00 p.m. nothing had happened and we still had no connection. I called again to see when we'd get service and in mid-conversation with the rental agent Carol announced the Net was working again. I personally find it all inscrutable how these things cut out, cut in, and evidently have a mind of their own.