Martha Stewart has had not one but two close encounters with lightning bolts this summer. A white pine on her farm was hit early in the season, then a second bolt hit her Hamptons beach house and fried her electronic sprinkler system, stereo and driveway gate. "Thank goodness for a comprehensive home-insurance policy," Stewart commented. "And I'm just so grateful that the house didn't catch fire, causing much more major damage and heartbreak." I thought God had better aim than that.
