"The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (attr).

"You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows." -- Bob Dylan, "Subterranean Homesick Blues"

"I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw." -- William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 2, Scene II.

So I know a conspiracy when I see one. Three months in 2006, two of which allow for the scheduling of a Meander, and, you guessed it, both times rainy. Well, I don't know about you, but I believe that conspiracies must be resisted. So come on by the Quagg, and we'll play a boardgame, eat, or just talk by the fire.

Oh, and think sunny thoughts for the following weekend! Come to the Quagg on the 19th to celebrate at the Springding/Ringthing.

Phone in comments to 310.210.3347, meil 'em to the postal address skillfully concealed elsewhere on this page, or email 'em to samuelg@themeander.org

All misspellings, misattributions, omissions or errors in naming should be construed as Acts of God, directed through yours truly (for reasons at which we as mere mortals may only guess...)