and came back with a brown one.
The grey umbrella, which I'd had for several years, was getting rather battered around the edges, but it was still annoying to realize I'd left it on the floor of the shuttle to Phoenix. The weather looked chancy enough today that I didn't want to risk coming home umbrella-less, so I settled for the only design available at the airport bookstore. Animal-skin prints are not really my style, but it'll do. In the end, the rain held off for my walk from the shuttle drop-off to the bus stop, but it was still reassuring to have a brolly in my hand.
The desert between Tucson and Phoenix is very green, and alive with yellow flowers. The general feeling, though, seems to be that it's about time we were done with the rain.
An elderly lady in the shuttle thought I had an "Eastern" accent, which may be the first time I've been accused of having any kind of American accent at all. I code-switch fairly well as far as idioms and vocabulary go, but my accent remains pretty much the northern-standard British one I grew up with, barely affected by twelve years in Birmingham, three in London and seven in Tucson.
( Odd dream details )
The grey umbrella, which I'd had for several years, was getting rather battered around the edges, but it was still annoying to realize I'd left it on the floor of the shuttle to Phoenix. The weather looked chancy enough today that I didn't want to risk coming home umbrella-less, so I settled for the only design available at the airport bookstore. Animal-skin prints are not really my style, but it'll do. In the end, the rain held off for my walk from the shuttle drop-off to the bus stop, but it was still reassuring to have a brolly in my hand.
The desert between Tucson and Phoenix is very green, and alive with yellow flowers. The general feeling, though, seems to be that it's about time we were done with the rain.
An elderly lady in the shuttle thought I had an "Eastern" accent, which may be the first time I've been accused of having any kind of American accent at all. I code-switch fairly well as far as idioms and vocabulary go, but my accent remains pretty much the northern-standard British one I grew up with, barely affected by twelve years in Birmingham, three in London and seven in Tucson.
( Odd dream details )
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