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[Nina]

Just read about how Goodreads started in the book, "The End of the Golden Gate," by Gary Kamiya. Interesting.

[Jim]

Busy week. Russell finally got around to baling our hay field & we filled up the barn for free. We hadn't used all that much last winter, though.

I wrote another book, just a quick one that is mostly pictures of fawns my mother raised. She's been after me to put it together for years, but publishing prices were too high for a paperback. Now they're low enough that I could do it. The paperback isn't live yet & it's going to cost about $12. I doubt anyone will buy it, but that's OK. It's a vanity project for the family. It should make nice memories for her grandkids who are in some of the pictures & her great grandkids.

The ebook is already live, but it kind of sucks. Ebook formatting doesn't always keep the caption with the photo even though I tried every trick Amazon mentioned plus a few more I googled. It's not shown on GR yet, but it's available on Amazon for $3 here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097KZ9THV

Here's the cover showing Fern, a German Shepard bitch, with Buddy, one of the fawns she raised.

[Jim]

It was 49 degrees this morning & is supposed to be in the mid 80s again tomorrow. Sheesh!

We need a good hand mixer. It should plug in & be simple like the KitchenAide one we had for the first 35 years of our marriage. (We don't use it too often.) 3 speeds are plenty. I'm tired of them falling apart, but don't want to pay $100 for one. We don't need or want fancy, just sturdy. Recommendations?

I found this one from Cuisinart
https://www.amazon.com/Cuisinart-HM-5...
Are they still a good brand?

[Nina]

Jim, Is there any Goodreads anymore? Seems dead to me. No notifications. sad.

[Jim]

GR is still here, Nina. This group is pretty much dead, but all groups have less going on during the summer with kids home, people on vacation, & life generally being busier. I've got family visiting right now.

[Jim]

We're back up in the 80s with high humidity. It's saturated with popup thunder storms that don't measure a lot of rain, but will soak you in an instant. Big drops coming down so hard they sound like hail. The grass loves it, but it's tough to mow. Even by noon in full sun the thick grass is often pretty wet with dew, enough that I slip on some of the hills, so keeping up with the mowing is tough. The horses are locked just in a cut down barn field & are still too fat.

I've always thought a trailer for the lawnmower was ridiculous. That's what a wheelbarrow is for, right? Well, I have one, but just bought a little trailer today. I think it will be handy in many ways now that I'm not up to using the wheelbarrow much.

I need to clear some of the hedge row along the road & can stay off of it, even go between it & the fence with the mower & little trailer. I can't do that with my little pickup or tractor. They're too big & people fly along that stretch of road so I'm afraid of getting hit. Usually if I have to work there with the bigger equipment, I do so on Sunday morning early when traffic is very light.

[Nina]

So far we have had a nice unusual weather in July. Just a couple of hot days and otherwise in the eighties and even seventies one day. Hope it lasts. Everything is green very green and that is a pleasure to look out the windows. Nice to hear from you Jim. Take care and don't get run over.

[Jim]

How are you doing, Nina? I know how little fun broken ribs are as a young man. I can't imagine they're any fun at your age. Are you healing up OK?

[Jim]

Happy Thanksgiving. We're going to have our dinner tomorrow as the kids are going elsewhere today, so it will be a nice lazy day with a long weekend.