At least I know the cause of this morning’s earworm. I woke up early, even for me, and found myself trying to decide if I should put on a T-shirt and go back to bed. After a few moments of staring at the clock as though it was to blame for the early hour, I decided to carry on as normal and catch up on sleep later in the day. I am now wearing a T-shirt because it’s 26 degrees outside (2.30 am), with a bit of a breeze blowing.
The earworm? ‘In the Winter’ by Janis Ian.
Yesterday was one of those humid days where the Turkish coast was misty all day, there was a haze across the sky, and the balcony rail was damp in the morning. It felt cooler than it had been, and there was no breeze until later at night. As usual, I spent the morning at the desk doing this and that, while Neil dropped down to the dentist for a visit. A little more work in the afternoon, and another couple of films on Netflix before bed at what’s become my standard time, 20.45. Gosh, I know how to live.
We watched some boats come in last night. There must be a regatta or a race happening, as we counted at least 20 yachts come in under sail. It was too dark for my phone cam to take a picture, but it’s always a magnificent sight to see; boats under sail, I mean. So often we see them under engine with no sails up, so I never know whether to call that sailing or motoring. Motoring I guess. I’d love to see one of the gulets heading in or out under sail, or any sailboat come to that. ‘Behold, the power of the wind!’ (A line from ‘White Squall’ – a Ridley Scott film with some excellent shots of a topsail schooner at sea.) I got a bit into schooners, barquentines and brigantines earlier this year while researching for one of my Larkspur books. Wonderful romantic things to look at, but I wouldn’t like to be caught in a storm while sailing one. (Boat I mean, not one of my books.)
As for Friday and beyond, I only have the usual planned, plus an evening out to look forward to. I have one MS currently at the proofreader, another in the typowriter, several others in development in my head, and a book to read, so I have plenty to be getting on with. My weather forecast shows it as breezy (3/4/5 Bft) for the next couple of days, then 1 or 2 Bft winds, with the temp between 26° and 28° during the day (but we’ll see about that), and for that pattern to continue for the next week.
As far as I know, that’s it from me for this week, so now, I really must get on. It’s nearly three in the morning and that’s half the day gone already!
