So…we have endured an extremely cold, wet winter. It seems like it’s rained more days than it hasn’t in the last 6 months or so–when it STARTED raining, it was very much welcomed–because here in North Alabama we had had about a 3 year drought….a SEVERE drought!!!! But now after so much of it–it’s become more of a burden then anything else. Just like our human nature—always want something, until we finally get it–then we don’t want it anymore. My how confusing is the human mind!

Anyways–Back to the rain–I’m in the middle of going in and out of four schools for meetings today, and it’s windy and rainy (has been all day-and WIll be the REST of the day) so I’m equipped with one of many umbrellas. I have them stored in my car, my house, my office–you name it I probably have an umbrella there. Which got me to thinking…. who INVENTED the umbrella? After going a little research (and skipping the article that said they had been around more than 4,000 years) I found it interesting that the early European umbrellas were made of wood or whalebone covered with alpaca or oiled canvas. It also said the artisans made the curved handles out of hard woods like ebony… and more importantly were WELL PAID for their efforts.

So maybe I’m in the wrong business—-hmmm….. to become an Umbrella Artisan…………………………..