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no rain today Early this morning I received a rather sad phone call from my parents. It seems that the husband of one of my cousins committed suicide this weekend. Naturally this came as a surprise to us, because whenever we saw him he always struck us as being an easy going person ready with a joke. Then again that seems to be the way that it goes when someone takes their own life. The depression is hidden until suicide reveals it. Now I realize that there is never a good time for suicide, but they were on vacation when this happened. I can not imagine going somewhere and not coming back with someone that you love. Not only did he leave his wife behind, but he also left behind four children all under the age of fifteen. I can not imagine what they must be experiencing. My cousin lost her father when she was ten years old and now her husband has left her. Her father died of natural causes, but I am sure that that did not make it any easier for her. Now her own children have to experience the same thing that she did as a child. It all strikes me as very cruel. ... Sometime this afternoon Rick Steves was on television talking about Prague and I had to watch. Whenever a travel program talks about somewhere that I have been I am curious to see if what they describe matches what I saw. Sometimes my version and theirs is very different. Other times it makes a pretty good match. This time I had been to almost all of the places that Rick mentioned and I think that I would agree with what he said. Prague was one of my favorite cities that I visited last year in Europe and would definitely be a place that I want to see again. ... Summer is truly here in Wisconsin and I took in as much of the great weather as I could this afternoon. People have been worrying about their lawns since we have gone three weeks without any real amount of rain, but I am hoping that the rain holds off for just a little longer because the woman that I am seeing is camping this week in northern Wisconsin and I want her to have a good time. Yes, I want the weather to be perfect just so that she can be happy.
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