Yesterday, the weather wrought havoc, bringing down trees and disrupting travel. Lives were cut short and, today, many people will be wondering what it was all about.

The beginning of my day, from late last night until the early hours, was spent with a neighbour who is poorly and needed company. After too little sleep, I was already at my desk working when I received a phone call - from someone who had exploded during one of yesterday's lows, with an apology.

So, I feel like I have been blown and battered, like those trees. And this morning, although the sun is shining, I am not sure I can see it. Meanwhile, the news reports are focusing mainly on Big Brother - and the clever timing of Gordon Brown - Brown of India.

Tell me why  

It is summertime, so why does the rain pour down the window pane?
In the autumn of our years, why expect to live like a young’n again?
And in the winter, we complain it’s too cold – but where is the snow?
Tell me, and while you do, remind me. Why are we so well-matched, we two?

Why is it that the trees stay firmly rooted to the ground?
How can birds fly and planes glide through the sky?
Fish flick their tails and are propelled forward in the flow
Tell me, and while you do, remind me. Why did I fall in love with you?

Who invented the wheel? Who turned circular motion into a piston thrust?
Harnessed the sea behind concrete and the wind with blades that purr?
Split the atom and took a man to the far side of the moon?
Tell me and while you do, remind me. What is it that I love about you?

Why do miracles happen every day? Every time a child takes its first breath.
Amid war and sleazy tabloid news, how does happiness shine through?
Why do some people win, while others lose heart, in the scramble for gold?
Tell me, and while you do, remind me. Why don’t you say you love me too?