and the winner is . . .

Salman Rushdie won the prize for the best of the Booker Prize winners. It was for, of course, "Midnight's Children." A splendid choice. One of the best books I've ever read. It even holds up well after a second or third read. A "desert island" kind of book. Always something new.

Visibility in the valley was less than 4 miles today. No sun. Yellow sky. Odd smell. A rehearsal for the end times? According to Mayan calculations, it's going to be sometime this month. Don't forgot to take Rushdie's book with you.