Week in...
It's time to start publishing those "best of" lists. Publishers Weekly names its 10 best books of 2009. Rainy Day has read one of them and will post an excerpt here on Wednesday.
The southern hemisphere is coming north for November cold, rain, mud, blood and glory.
Winter weather I: "I first saw the light of day — or rather the dark of night — around 1:00 a.m. on a cold January morning, in a suburban stone house which, lacking modern heating conveniences, kept only one step ahead of freezing by means of small coal fires in small bedroom fireplaces; and ever since, I've persistently arranged to spend every possible moment where the sun shines warmest." Cary Grant
Winter weather II: "I think the winter for the psychology of people who have lived in the northern hemisphere for thousands and thousands of years is incredibly important. We need this psychological time to recharge our batteries, to rethink, to reflect. Without that I think we would probably go crazy." Sting
