It is like you to "sniff the stones"--it's one of the qualities I find so wonderful--(what's a better word?) about you.

Last night, while it rained hard and the wind blew, I had my window open a little to be a part of it, and I found myself pretending I was a Neanderthal in a cave with others with the wind howling outside. I thought I surely would have felt safe, because we would have placed a rock in front of the door to keep out--sabertooths, and there would be a fire going...