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February 7, 2010
February 6, 2010
Reading for a Snowy Saturday!
"I know it is still early, but this book is the funniest I've read so far this year and probably will remain at the top of the list until next year. I laughed all the way through.Drusilla is asked to take care of her niece's goldfish while the little girl is away and the fish winds up dying. Afraid of hurting her young niece's feelings Drusilla goes on a quest to find a new fish that looks
February 4, 2010
The Great Blizzard of 1967
Today supposedly the blizzard to end all blizzards will arrive in our area. Forecasters are declaring an expectation of 18-30" in some places. Bah. Let me tell you a little story...Back in my day, of course the forecasting was a bit iffier. On January 24, 1967, it was a balmy 60 F degrees in Chicago. The forecast for the 26th (mid-year graduation day for Chicago high schools) was possibly light
February 3, 2010
Side Effects...
Until my daughter's family came to stay, I seldom watched television, usually reserving my TV time for things like the Olympics and such. It's been a while since I watched commercials.First of all. Commercials for sanitary products, feminine hygiene, erectile dysfunction? Why? It would be bad enough if such commercials were late at night after kids were in bed. But during the so-called family
February 2, 2010
Snow * * * * *
It's snowing. Again. It's supposed to snow again on Friday. And next week. This is the time of year when people start reaching their snow limit. You know--that time when they declare they can't take it any more?The thing is--why? I get the general messiness of it all. The solution would seem to be just stay home. In the last years of my husbands employment, he deliberately kept back a few
February 1, 2010
Details, details.
Yesterday I spent the day doing research. Research is kind of like going down the rabbit hole. One fact leads to another totally unrelated fact and soon you're researching weird things way out in the swamp where you had no intention of going.I suppose that's why it's called surfing. You're reading an article that mentions some other facet of your subject and includes a link so you just can't
January 31, 2010
Friend Found
For several years I've posted a Christmas story about a friend who blessed my family on a lonely Christmas Eve. If you want to read the story you can find it here.Over the years I lost touch with my friend, Linda. Though I searched diligently, I just couldn't seem to make a connection. Then this year on Christmas Eve, I typed her name in on Facebook. Boy was I shocked when I realized I was
January 30, 2010
Caturday Snow
Wed: No snow on the weekend.Thurs: Possible flurries on the weekend.Fri: A dusting of snow on the weekend.Make weekend plans.Sat: Winter weather advisory. Snow from 10 Am Saturday until 3 AM Sunday.Ooooops!Wherever you are, have a warm, safe weekend.anny
January 28, 2010
Gone for the weekend...
Last night (and for the rest of the weekend) things were very quiet at my house. My daughter is in Arizona for a work thingy. I received word late last night that she arrived safely. My son-in-law took the girls to New York for a weekend visit. He called around eleven to say they'd finally arrived after sitting still for two solid hours because of an accident, which turned a five hour trip into a
January 27, 2010
And the winner is...!
Yesterday I wrote about the difficulties in restoring self confidence once it's lost. One of the downward spirals authors often fight is the depressing conviction that no one will like their book.And then...something like this award comes along. Romance Book Scene.com reviews several thousand books a year. At the end of the year they choose three in a variety of categories as their favorites for
