While everyone else is getting Nemo’d (is that a verb? yes), we are getting rain.  It was so refreshing to hear those droplets outside our window.  A sign of spring or maybe just a momentary lapse of winter’s judgement… either way, I’ll take it. 

It did however make me long, just a little bit, for Clearwell, England.  This village had to be smaller than 500 people.  My husband even thought there were more goats than people there; he might have been right. Last September we had THE perfect two days in an English village.  Our first night, we ate dinner at our cozy little restaurant.  This may be cheesy, but it couldn’t have been more out of a scene from “The Holiday”.   One of the days was mostly pouring rain, which we enjoyed head on during our bike ride through the forest.  It was such an awesome experience!  We went back to our cottage and spent part of the day drying our soaked clothes on the heaters and listening to the rain pouring off and on (do you call that scattered showers?) through out the rest of the night.

So yes, tonight feels a little bit like Clearwell and I’m staying inside to listen to it.

If you’re a fan of Beirut, then you’re missing their tunes about right now. They always bring some sort of warmth to the day that wasn’t there before, and it’s 35 out, so this song was perfect today. Their last album “The Rip Tide” came out in 2011. I discovered this song recently and had to post it.  If you want to skip the bit of chatting, then go to 2:15 in the video, but I recommend the whole 6 minutes and 43 seconds.

You’re Welcome.

-JVB