THE MORNING BROUGHT clouds, humidity, wind, and predictions of thunderstorms. I had never before had an emotional relationship with the weather report. I switched channels. The TV news reported from Jerusalem, with evening videos and a live daylight feed. Linda said that the damage was horrible. A search and rescue operation was proceeding, the reporter said.
Since I didn"t have a homeroom class, I still had a few minutes to consider what the day might be like. And what the president had done. Outside, the maples tossed their offspring, twirling into the air. When I was a kid, we attached the split seed pods with their sap to our noses. The daily announcements yanked me back inside. George listed the mandatory staff meeting first and then said, “Mr. Russell will discuss his adventures of
