med waves

Today is rainy, and the khamseen dust has returned. Actually, maybe today’s rain is washing it away. There are tremendous gusts of wind which cause a lot of racket blowing all of the balcony curtains around. I had planned to go to the park with a friend and her kids, but the weather isn’t cooperating. I finished reading a really excellent book yesterday and have started on another, about “new germ theory”. Perfect rainy day reading. It hasn’t rained much lately, as we have eased out of the rainy season- I have even had to start watering the outdoor plants for the first time since late October.

The talks among Lebanon’s leaders temporarily stalled earlier this week. I think they are going to try to start again on Monday. Apparently, they were going nowhere and then Walid Joumblatt went to Washington D.C. and started carrying on and asking the U.S. government to get (more) involved. I’m not relishing the thought of more pressure in the region from the Bush Administration. Have I mentioned that practically all of those involved in the talks were major players during the civil war? Where are the new Lebanese politicians?