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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
Write about a movie franchise or book series that you love.   Laurie R. King is my go to for a great series. I have read a lot of the works she published. Her stories draw you in and show you new environments. Who wouldn't love to live on an island building furniture for a living? Folly is a stand alone novel. King also wrote the Kate Martinelli series. I especially like her series starring Mary Russell as Sherlock Holmes wife. Sherlock first met Mary when she was 15. The settings of the stories drop the reader into different periods of history. The characters exhibit different types of talents. Their talents keep them safe and make them great detectives. They take on other peoples problems; solving the problems with efficiency and spying techniques. The history in the books is special. It makes the reader look at some specific event you maybe actually did not hear about in a class at school. You look at history closely from within, as the story unfolds. Inside history, you see the war as it is being fought, you see women who need women,s rights to escalate, and you see politics as they play out in a realistic way. Along the way you learn a little about Oxford and great libraries. Mary Russell may have learned some of her talents from Sherlock Holmes nevertheless, she often stands alone as she detects and solves mystery. How can you not like a character that can throw a swift and quiet knife in her own defense? How she came by this talent is part of a thrilling story. The series starts with a great find of old manuscripts in a worn trunk. The tales are told by the person who comes into possession of the trunk. Here I am writing about this series and I have not read Castle Shade. Something to look forward too. |
What was the best thing that happened in your life over the weekend? Looking at the week ahead, what are your goals and how will you motivate yourself to achieve them?  Over the weekend? Sunshine on Saturday and Sunday. It was in all a good week Changed doctors and had my first wellness checkup in 3 years. All systems go. I liked my other Doctors. This one is OK too. Doctor called me personally to tell me results of blood work. It is always nice when a Doctor personally works with a patient. Sunshine made my dog walks pleasant. Since we walk in yard and fields rain means boots or wet feet for me. Dogs had their monthly bath. Rain is bringing on the apple blossoms and leafing out the trees so the woods are greening up. Winter grayness is changing to shades and shadows of green. I mowed some of my share of yard yesterday. The mowing went well. I finished two library books over the weekend. Goals for this week? 1. Put monthly flea meds on cats.  Sometimes it goes well sometimes its catch, wrap a towel, and hold.2. Finish reading the mystery story I'm reading, an audio book, and play Township, I'm putting a puzzle together on my Kindle might finish it. 3. Try to keep blogging everyday 3. Regular vacuuming, dishes, meals, laundry, etc. (truthfully this will be the hardest to maintain cause I'm 76 years tired of it.) 4. Play my guitar. and I have two new CD's to play and write a story, that is in my mind ,so I quit thinking about it. These are the things I can think of that might get done. If the fourth one gets done that will make me feel accomplished. Motivation for me is if I get up and do what I am thinking of I won't be bothered by thoughts about it anymore. BYE FOR NOW! |
| May 1.2021 30-Day-Challenge Write about one (or more) of your creative idols. Who do you look up to? Whose work are you most inspired by? Why?  I have to say the teachings of Jesus. He was basically a rejected person because his talents lay in teaching others about God. He taught about the habits of humans, the way people of authority don’t always lead us in the right way. We still need to respect them for their effort. Many of his family rejected him, his home synagogue rejected him, He told the rich in money and fame to throw it all away and follow his teachings they would be happier. During Covid we saw people losing their homes and jobs, Upper money class people in the USA were in food pantry lines because of job losses. Covid flew unto the scene of life in a totally unexpected way. If you look closely you can see that the compassion Jesus valued is as good for today’s society as it was 2000 years ago. Over the years I have watched musicians rise and fall. I have seen music groups breakup even though their music may still fill our lives long after they quit playing as groups. Some of the best, who make it big and last into aged lives, have solid backgrounds and values that they live by; so if you are looking for the last 50 years this is what I would say is impressive. Jews For Jesus started out singing on street corners and grew into about 105 people who sang in churches in different groups around the USA. It evolved into “The Liberated Wailing Wall.” Now their music is still in demand. Even though the group is not actively singing any more? It has evolved into other groups, I think. Some of the LP’s and tapes are being transferred to CD. The music continues to reach peoples hearts. Someone put the music from the early LP's on YouTube where I recently. found it. Onward into May.  |
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