Storm has just blown in to the Valley of the Sun from California. We just had some rain (20 minutes) and even some hail mixed in. I am marking my calendar- as most Arizonans do- so I can look back to remember which day we had rain on. I knew this would happen because this morning I was out washing my daughter's car. She dropped in for the weekend from from the U in Tucson.

Good day to read!

I picked up Compton MacKenzie's Monarch of the Glen. Chapter one was fun- a nice discussion of kilt vs. kilts and who can wear them and what kind therein. And this coming from 1941. (I guess the discussions never grow old.)

Then on to Chapter 2- The Scuffle in the Heather and there it was-
"The center Mac 'ic Eachainn's line of battle consisted of Chester Royde, whose fat face had taken on the lines of an Arizona sheriff riding after a gang of rustlers in the timeless air of Wild West romance, and his head keeper, Duncan MacDonald, who looked like Elijah hot on the trail of the priests of Baal. The left was commanded by Hugh Cameron of Kilwhillie, who had a couple of gillies with him."

Arizona in Scottish literature and even a fair description of our current Sherrif Arpaio to boot. What fun.