Ka-boom!

Thanks to photographer Phil McGrew for this one. Last night was crazy here, with the kind of thunder and lightning people in Texas and the rest of the South are used to. For us, it's a rarity. The houses shook and car alarms wailed.

During TIAPOS, people would be reading their stories and then everyone's attention span would turn to the bright flash, and a few seconds later the ka-boom. A couple of those ka-booms were as loud and crumpling as an earthquake, which was Plottie's first thought.

Really, we are such puny little monkeys. When Ma Nature wants to put us to bed, she can.