Some bits of unimportant news...

I got up early this morning to go to another job interview. The woman who interviewed me said something interesting, which was that there are a lot more people in our area looking for jobs right now than usual. It made me feel a little better, like it's not entirely my fault that things haven't worked out yet (and probably never will).

As part of my research for findagrave.com, I went by the library and checked out a true crime book about thirteen murders committed in southern Louisiana between 1896 and 1940. Three of those murders happened within bike-riding distance, and two of those were never solved.

It's rained a lot this week. I love riding my bike right after a rain, because the streets are full of puddles that reflect the green branches of the Live Oak trees, and it makes the world seem like a big green cave, which is cool. It reminds me of Langston Hughes's poem "In Time of Silver Rain," which I love because it was included in our copy of Childcraft Poems & Rhymes, a book I grew up reading (and still can't find!).

In time of silver rain
The butterflies
Lift silken wings
To catch a rainbow cry,
And trees put forth
New leaves to sing
In joy beneath the sky
As down the roadway
Passing boys and girls
Go singing, too,
In time of silver rain
      When spring
      And life
      Are new.

And speaking of poetry, I have a second YouTube channel; these videos all involve poetry and might be of interest to those of you who are less interested in child actresses.
http://www.youtube.com/FilmPoems