"A Mystery...

...never fully explained."  That line, of course, is from the opening scene of The Phantom of the Opera, a favorite play of mine.

I thought of it several times last week.

My GPS watch sometimes, for no apparent reason, just stops working.  It's plugged and recharging, just like usual.  I take it off the dock and it doesn't turn on--no nothing.  I've learned, though, to just replug it into the dock and a few days later, never much sooner than that, it is working just fine again.  Perhaps it just needs a rest......

And my new laptop also seems to have a mind of its own.  I will be typing an e-mail/letter or an article/column and suddenly find myself in the middle of a paragraph earlier on the page.  My previous computer never did that.  Hmmm......

In my office at work, from out of nowhere, my printer and computer couldn't find each other.  This had never been a problem before, in almost ten years.  I finally, after doing everything I could think of (well, that as a nonadministrator I am allowed to do), I called IT.  "Hmmm," said the techie who answered.  A ticket was issued and someone came over the next work day to check it out with me.  He admitted, "I did nothing, really," but it began to print, like normal.  "What did you do?" I asked.  He repeated, "Nothing, really."  Why did that happened?  Somewhat non-techie, he replied, "Sometimes it just does."  Hmmm......

This week, early, I ran in 32 degrees.  Three days later, at the same time of day, I ran in 54 degrees.  Another day brought flow snurries and this AM the wind was extremely blustery.  Yesterday, there were thunderstorms and raindrops as big as marbles or golfballs.  All in a week, the same week. What's up with that?