After Yesterday’s Shaking, There’s Today

It’s wonderful to see the sun come up, to feel the ground solid beneath my feet, to know the continuity of familiar things, to have the gift of today. Yesterday’s earthquake is now a memory and I hope it won’t be repeated. Funny thing–when the firm, dependable earth suddenly quivers, it gives a whole new meaning to the word secure. What is security and where is safety?

Life is full of mysteries, including the phenomenon of earthquakes. As if the real-life  mysteries were not enough, new ideas for a fifth Darcy and Flora are swirling in my head even as I’m preparing to launch the fourth book, Grave Heritage.

There’s still time to pre-order from Pen-L.com or from Amazon.com 

Dawn, reading her mother’s-in-law latest mystery, Grave Heritage.

And, I’m typing on the second in the Moonlight series, By the Fright of the Silvery Moon.

Could I ask a favor? Will you please click on my Amazon Author’s Page and under my picture, click on the word “follow”? I’d really appreciate it.

Getting back to earthquakes; I’ve read that animals and nature itself may have premonitions that something is going to happen before it does. My brother said his cat acted strangely Friday night and refused to go outside at his usual time.

Do earthquakes have warning signs? Possibly, if we know what to look for. I am not an authority on these and write them here only for you to think about. Silt in streams could signify that something unseen and unfelt by humans is stirring the water; still and warm weather (Thursday and Friday were near-perfect weather days here) unusual animal behavior, rainbow clouds; the list goes on. These things could mean that nature will be shaken or they could be related to something entirely different. I’ve seen rainbow clouds and no earthquake followed. Sometimes, my dog acts strangely only because he hears or scents something I don’t. But, these things are interesting and I do believe we have warnings; sometimes we are not paying enough attention to detect them.

In the Comments section of yesterday’s post, author Josephine Montgomery wrote some fascinating personal experiences with earthquakes. If you didn’t read them, you might enjoy doing so.

I’m thankful for the ground, solid once more beneath my feet, for the blessings of sight and hearing and love, for the ability to think and wonder and listen, for the gift of curiosity. I am thankful for today.