Having that book (my Mom had a double boxed set of some version of the OED, it came with a little drawer and a magnifying glass) meant your household took books and reading seriously. I find I'm buying more books on paper than digital books, though it depends on the category. Nonfiction are on paper so I can mark them up, others are digital books to go through more quickly, and I get fiction audiobooks from the library.

Today was meant to be running around to a couple of events, but we are under a thunderstorm warning that includes the threat of beefy-sized hailstones. For those people who live near any of the points along the freeway where a street runs under all of the lanes, there are gently sloping sides to those underpasses and many people with vehicles parked on nearby streets drive to and park under the highway. There are sometimes 50-100 cars carefully valeted to the safe spot (there must be unspoken rules about where and how close to park, I'm always impressed with how many are tucked under there.) Today would be a day to find those parking skills on display. Since I own a garage and have always made a point to keep it clear enough so I can park in it, I'll leave the SUV inside. "Dimpled darling" is the term for a car hit by hail and it reduces the resale value. (We had a storm in 1995 with hailstones that broke size records. The Mayfest Storm hit during the week of the Fort Worth fundraiser and literally smashed a few cars with hail so the roof was lowered close to the level of the hood and trunk.)

The storm also struck the Fort Worth Mayfest – a local outdoor festival – pelting the roughly 10,000 people in attendance with softball-sized hail and resulting in over 60 hospitalizations.

So when the weather folks tell North Texans there is large hail forecast, we take it seriously. I was on the city park board at the time, and heard the report from the parks director about what that hail did to the huge glass greenhouse in the Botanic Gardens.

Moving on, and on a FYI note: I saw an ad yesterday and made note of the URL because they mentioned low-sulfite wines (none added, there is some that comes from the grapes themselves.) https://drinkavaline.com/. Considering they're organic and you can have it shipped to you, they seem quite reasonably priced. Actor Cameron Diaz is one of the owners. I also see a selection of them at a local organic grocery.

So, the day is dark and humid. This morning I took the rubber floor squeegee and got dog hair out of the kitchen and laundry room. It's a day for laundry, cleaning, and eBay listing.