ALTOSTRATUS is a bit of a boring cloud. Sorry if that sounds mean, but its featureless, overcast sky just hangs around, with little to say for itself. The most exciting thing Altostratus ever does is lightly drizzle. (Cloudspotting for Beginners)

Odd teaser Tuesday today. I woke up early yesterday to meet with the lady friend and spend the day visiting the Cahaba lilies and go to a baseball game, but instead it rained buckets and we couldn’t even leave the breakfast place for two hours! We created an on the fly backup plan consisting of the bookstore and a movie, The Last Rodeo.

WHAT have you finished recently reading? Original Sin, Jake Tapper.

WHAT are you reading now? I am 600 pages into a 2000 page book on geopolitics, Provoked.

WHAT will you read next? Possibly The Presidents and the Pastime, a history of US chiefs and baseball. Presumably less controversial than my last two reviews. 🤣 I also have a book on Congress and baseball, but alas! Have not found anything reading SCOTUS and baseball. Would be funny to have the trifecta.

Speaking of, despite all the rain the day ended in a pretty baseball game at Riverfront Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama, where the local team (I hate their name) beat the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 8-1. I left at the opening of the ninth inning because The Local Team was winning 8-1 and was glad I did, because I spent over an hour driving through a lightning storm that would have been a lot less fun had I been trying to navigate a downtown filled rotten with one-way streets.