C. (Comment, never msg).’s Comments (group member since Jan 30, 2014)

C. (Comment, never msg).’s comments from the Gentle SPECTRUMS group.

I'm sorry to hear that! I was going to wonder why you didn't tell me right away but I didn't know you had a wonderful rabbit along with a cat. You definitely have my support, Erin! I don't know how long rabbits biologically get but that sounds like a good while, being loved by you and your son. Never long enough for us but I have no doubt Kirby is happy with his lifetime shared with the two of you. He'll be near you whether you two notice or not. Some days when I need it, I ask Love if he could be more obvious! *Hugs* Love, Carolyn.

I've been updating a great deal this bright, warm Sunday but will go outside in a few minutes. I looked at the Ethereal review page and was happy to find you filling it up, along with comments at my blog! Thank you!

Happy Thanksgiving Day from your Canadian reading peers and friends!
Sincerely, Carolyn, Ron, & Our Kitties.

Our second update link is up at my blog: Ethereal! Please visit the news and add to the reading discoveries I shared. https://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2016/1...

At last, I have posted an update about Celtic Coasts! Try not to fall over! Posts for our other three reading challenge groups are succeeding this one. Please keep your eyes peeled at the RIEDEL Fascination blog, here, or in e-mail. It will take a little juggling to organize your contact info from my previous hotmail account. I am eager to chat about how things are going! https://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2016/1...

Summary: happy birthday to our youngest kitties and happy anniversary to Ron & I! I guess members missed these personal posts, due to Goodreads' new layout for updates making groups inconvenient to view. Late greetings are always appreciated, much more than occasions getting missed! :-)

I would like to verify that those acquainted, or participating with me, know to change my e-address from hotmail to the following. Are you receiving this message? I don't like it any more public. Hope you have been alerted: RIEDELFascination@gmail.com. Have a lovely remainder of autumn sights, weather, and beautiful foliage like we are.

EVERYONE: a contact update I'd like to give you is an e-mail address. The hotmail I have had for decades has issues. I sent a letter to support from our IP account. They may fix the situation. I don't know if it is a hack or a glitch. With slow speed it's hard to be sure. That sometimes makes it tough to navigate in general. In case I discontinue that address and so I don't miss communiques in the meantime, please replace my hotmail e-mail address with this one: RIEDELFascination@gmail.com.

You must catch our occasional group activity through my update feed, Erin. However it works is a boon - if feedback hasn't impacted the technical group that made the homepage change.

It was weeks before Goodreads changed for me. I instantly notice no one communicates in this group since the change. They must have to catch an update from me, or the rare poster, in order to conveniently have a link to click upon. If our members seek out the group to check in once in a while, that would be lovely.

On a subject related in a small way, I have been apprised that our review pages don't have comment boxes! I didn't know what Sue meant when she wrote months ago that she could find no place to comment. The second time Bev e-mailed requesting a review entry correction, she clued me in and I saw that all of our review pages are without comment boxes. I don't know why but will look into it. Because of our slow internet, I hope it won't take long to see whom to contact. I did not see a way to select comment boxes myself in editing mode.

If non-reviewers would like to leave a list of their books for any of our four challenges, they may use the original sign-up posts. I am happy to see your lists of books on any post or page relating to our themes.

We got through that date and simply have had to be used to Lovey not being here physically. However I wish it hasn't been two years since we have seen and held our beautiful white boy, the one usually depicted with me in my Goodreads and Wordpress thumbnail. Ron & I miss him every day.

August 4: our anniversary as a couple (not marriage) arrived. We enjoyed it very much, getting each other nice and useful things. Ron got me "Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Book Store", which I read more quickly than I usually read new treasures and I loved it! For his part, he was thrilled to have a new toothbrush. Happy sixteen years to us!

September 7: A month after came the four kittens' birthday. Immensely sorry Lovey just missed his fourth but it is accurate to say he was with us four years. He is remembered with his living siblings and they had a wonderful sixth birthday! I can hardly believe the kittens whom I saw born, have already become six years old. All our best happy birthday wishes and love to Petal, Conan, and Angel! There is an update from me. How about you, my reading friends?

Remembering our dear young cat Love today and tomorrow with all of our hearts. Today two years ago, was the horror of losing him to sudden heart failure. It would be months before we confirmed our suspicion and one of our only solaces; that he was likely born with a heart defect and heart failure is something no one can stop, even if we had acted sooner. No one expects a young loved-one to go, the first time they are sick. Today was the last time we saw his face alive and held him, July 31, 2014. August 1 is the terrible day we buried him. If anyone sees this message, support is very meaningful to me on either of these days. Never forgetting him is important, the memories being more happy with time. Carolyn, Ron, and our cat family.

Thanks for asking about Spirit. It's a happier date than tomorrow. July 31, 2016 makes two years since Love was alive, who is missed every hour! He was buried August 1, the two hardest dates in my life. I am getting less sad and much stronger. Yes, the rest of Love's family, including the elder recent birthday boys, are permitted outside in daylight hours. Ron & I trained and tested them thoroughly before letting them walk around on their own, especially ensuring they know to come when called.

Since they can be sitting in grass and trees right by the house that is lush in summer, we accept that they step out of sight for awhile. If I haven't spotted them for an hour, you bet that I check because I am a worry wort too. They are so precious to us, our cats. :)

I meant the preview giving the impression of "Bridesmaid"-like humour. You couldn't show the ghost-related scenes as previews because they are the best parts; including scene one! Classically paranormal! Melissa is often funny but a real actress, who did a serious role with Bill Murray as a matter of fact. I think it was Academy Award-winning ("St. Vincent"). In "Ghostbusters III" she doesn't strive for comedy at all. She's a serious scientist and the oddball character is Kate McKinnon. Melissa's only running joke is frustration with how her Chinese food delivery guy never brings a realistic ratio of Wantons in her Wanton soup.

My province doesn't come to mind at all? I refer to it all the time. The ones you peeked at on a map did not include mine. I also wondered which pieces of Canada news from the last year came to mind, as the other part of the memory exercise. Just any two things. We had not gotten back to this. :) Really sorry to hear about all of the shooting in the USA. Maybe you would enjoy our news for a bit!

What's the name of my province, frequently associated with cold weather but also an extreme span of the warm and cold spectrum? Well, it's the beach place to be today! We hit 37.4 Celcius, which is 99 Fahrenheit! We might as well be in Australia or India today! Lovely and a pleasure. :)

Thank you for being at least one, wishing our dear kitties a happy birthday! If one didn't know, that is why I share. That is how I celebrate. I mention a special day and everyone goes "Happy birthday McCartney and Spirit!" respectively. :-) I truly give my boys and girls messages they receive. I spent a lot of time with Spirit yesterday: longer in bed, picking vegetables outside, Ron & I sang him the song, took photos, and later, he and Conan relaxed with me in bed while I read. It's funny that our friends' two cats are here to join the festivities and Ron is off work, which is very special to all of the kitties and I. Suddenly, wild berries and a good portion of our garden need to be picked! Our kitties love strolling around with us will around home for all of that good stuff.

You can't leave me hanging about the name of my province. ;)

Oh, don't tell me you assumed this had anything to do with "Bridesmaids" because a couple of the actresses were in it. It is a FANTASTIC paranormal film, paying a lot of respect to the original "Ghostbusters" by also having great comedy.

Happy birthday to our dear SPIRIT today! Our sweet, vocal grey tabby boy is twelve years old today! We can't believe it. He was a special baby and acted like a Dad to the kittens when they were born. He keeps on lighting our lives. We love you, baby Boo!

I have never cared for the variety show "Saturday Night Live". A lot of great people came from there and Canada's "SCTV" ("Second City Television") but the shows were lame, to my taste. I only know the outrageously talented Kate McKinnon from her visits to "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". My brand new introduction to highly memorable comedian Leslie Jones, is the new 'Ghostbusters" film that my fiance & I went to the city to see last night! As an intelligent, discerning, tactfully opinionated person who is a "remember every line and every moment" fan of the original cast: I love this film remake and I love the new actresses remaking it!

It is time to include women in LEAD ACTION AND PARANORMAL ROLES! Non-romantic, non-sidekick, non-love interest, non-need-to-be-saved roles. If disliked a film or part, I say it. It's about whoever does it right; not feminism or anything other campaign. One we could have done without, an actor I like very much too, is Chris Hemsworth. *He* was admittedly even in lines said on film, only eye candy and did nothing to solve the ghost invasion. This film is fantastic, to those who loved Canadian Dan Akroyd's original film and to newcomers being entertained for the first time. It's a must see!

What is *my* province, Erin? I talk about it all the time! You have received mail from it. I'm unfamiliar with "Dear Zachary". I don't watch sad stuff; not even the news or papers. Which makes it awesome I maintain a general knowledge of world goings-on. So.... try two news items you remember related to Canada in the last year. There are huge ones; one just prior to your comment on Thumbelina's birthday. Also think leaders; we have had a lot of interesting news, far more worthy than hearing another word about that TV host, "Donald Grump"!

I am already happy to see you *thinking*. You used to waste more energy explaining "you don't know" than anything else. I remember being perplexed the first time I invited you to try a My Kind Of Mystery riddle. The clue only required you to ask on Google: "author hit by a car" and you would have seen STEPHEN KING. You didn't even try and I thought, "Really? What kind of mystery-solving person is this"? My best friend Judy, whose cats we are babysitting, harps about a bad memory but I have seen that she does is not focus in the first place and even tune people out! No one can't remember what they didn't listen in the first place. She takes no interest in details; something that becomes simple when you do it a few times. So! Name my province and a couple of Canadian news items you can think of, then I'll tell you the few I can think of. They will click for you like the provinces. (Though Lord knows where you thought they were, if not Canada). Nice to know you are from North Carolina. Ron has been there for work.

What progress already, my friend! Presuming you remember my wonderful home, you can name six: Nova Scotia (that's where I wouldn't have minded moving), New Brunswick, British Columbia (hosted the Vancouver Olympics in 2010), Newfoundland, and Quebec.... You registered with some less well-known ones, the Maritimes! The remaining four will be easy next time and our three territories are right at the top of the country. Not mixed any old place like in the USA. ;-)

Yes, provinces are what you call states and we have very few of them. You did name the main French one: Quebec! Yay! Cities from there are Quebec City (Ville De Quebec) and Montreal. Winnipeg and Toronto are of course cities. Which provinces are they in? I talk about mine all the time, you can do it! All I want to see is getting rid of the old "sorry, I'm no good at this" and just trying. Don't think countries: think information in general. Another easy exercise I went to bed thinking of, is to give me any news you heard in the last year, that relates to Canada. My theory is you say "I don't know" but don't try. Those states took me an hour. I was short 8. I remembered Blake Shelton is from Oklahoma and others came to mind. I thought of NHL hockey teams; anything.

My city is spelled: WINNIPEG. Skiing is not my thing either. So what? We only hear of things that are our thing? No way! Those western provinces are famous places regardless. The Olympics were recently held in one and an athlete died there unfortunately. Massive news. Many years ago the other skiing famous province hosted the Olympics. News items can be celebrations, politics, natural disasters, about celebrities and I have discussed many of them right here, or in blog posts I invited you to click on and told you about. Think like a mystery reader using clues! When you start tuning in, you still start to notice news about Canada and begin to remember it, firstly because you have a friend here. :) In which province....? And the capital of my province is.... spelled right, that is. LOL.

Speaking of this province, isn't it cool that Ron & I saw a young black bear last night? I'm glad you love my country's review page. Oh yes, really good authors. Which city is the series you like in? Hope your day is great. On the subject of great views and your Mom liking it here (which provinces did she sail past?) I would love for you to read the verses in my card catalogue and see those portraits. I'll e-mail the PDF sometime. :)