Rain, football, motorcycle mamas

LOTS of rain. Rain last night and rain all day. We drove Joel down to the Busch campus of Rutgers where he will be visiting with friend Doug Parsons for the night and tomorrow--then he's dashing back to NYC to get his ride back to Brown. They went (in the rain) to see Rutgers lose to WVU. WVU happens to be (it turns out) Joel's favorite college team. This may be his deepest connection with my home state, except for my family, see below. Joel borrowed a WVU hat from Andy and intended to be a WVU supporter at the game. I wonder if anyone attempted to drown him.

Speaking of sports: My mother (born April 17, 1919) went for a motorcycle ride last week with her pastor Reverend Ivan Hawkins, who is a lovely man who happens to ride a motorcycle, and he offerred, and she accepted. These Baptists.