Ready to start the next book, "Heaven, Texas". Retired Chicago Star Bobby Tom Denton is definitely a handful for Gracie Snow to handle but I know she's up to the challenge.
still need to decide on what else I'm going to do, challenge-wise but I have time
ok, decided on my first "challenge"... I am going to re -read all the books by one of my favorite authors, Susan Elizabeth Philips!
I'm starting with the series about the Chicago Stars, the first book is "It Had To Be You", written in 1994. I love the beginning, middle and end! In all honesty, Phoebe is not my favorite SEP character, I prefer her sister Molly but she does grow on you as the series progresses. Her story does make me laugh at times and I do feel bad for her and what she went through.
Feels good to have made a decision, so if you'll excuse me I'm off to read.
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I've been mulling over a few different ideas to get my creativity flowing and help my muse find her way home! I think I am going go pick a few different types of "challenges" from Pinterest---photography, reading, gratitude...
I'm hoping I can do something from each of these lists every week.
it's kind of funny, I wanted a laptop because I wanted to start writing again, but after not having one for almost 3 years it's difficult to pick it back up again. I do not miss things like social media, still too much negativity around and I have no desire to revisit some of my old haunts. but this will be a new start even if I don't fully get this going until the new year. Practice will make as perfect as I can be!!
I was remembering when I first started this blog I did task-like blogs...my favorite Christmas songs and favorite books. I think I'd like to do that again, pick a topic and promise to try and write at least once a week. This may help me get my creative Muse back in my corner, she's been very elusive, and I miss her...sweet Calliope.
I figure I have a couple of days or so to decide; time to get the brain thinking.
In a few weeks Pops will have surgery to remove or fix his hernia, it should be out patient surgery but any surgery at his age makes me nervous, I don't even want to think about anything other than a successful outcome.
He does know he can't do it all anymore, Mom and I have noticed little things but we look on the bright side, he gets up every morning, walks Ollie, plays Chuzzle on the computer, works in the yard and is an awesome griller!
I was running errands today; picking up some things for dinner, checking out Halloween decorations, getting desk calendars for 2024 and finishing up my latest audio book from the library, "Dead Mountain" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
"Dead Mountain" is the 4th book in a series with Archeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. Nora made her first appearance in a Preston/Child book called Thunderhead, then I encountered her in a few Pendergast books "Cabinet of Curiosities", Dance of the Dead, The Book of the Dead and Cemetary Dance. I was very pleased when this "series" started, I missed Nora and with "Old Bones" she's starting over, no spoilers!
Corrie was a big part of the Pendergast book, "Still Life With Crows", she's made appearances in "Dance of the Dead", " Cold Vengeance", "Two Graves", "White Fire", "Blue Labyrinth" and "Crimson Shore". It's nice that she's grown up and has a partner of sorts!
I love Preston and Child books, the first one I remember reading was "Riptide", all about a treasure vault on an island of the coast of Maine, if this sounds vaguely familiar there is an island called Oak Island...fiction and a real event!
The story of "Dead Mountain" immediately reminded me of an episode of "Expedition Unknown" with Josh Gates on the Discovery Channel. He went to the Ural Mountains to investigate the mystery at Dyatlov Pass where in February of 1959 nine Soviet hikers, college students met untimely deaths, to this day their deaths remain a mystery. I have to admit, "Dead Mountain" has a more satisfying conclusion.
yes, I have an addiction and it's not my fault!! I blame my nephew Christopher; not the adult he's grown into but the child he was. When he was 4 or 5 he wanted Legos for his birthday. Being the good Aunt I tried to be I found him a Lego Pirate Ship at the now defunct Toys R Us and to my surprise it was on sale so I got one for me! I discovered that I loved building with these little plastic bricks, I was amazed at the way the instructions showed you how to create this design and I was hooked...
I don't even know how many sets I have...
Currently I am building this...the graveyard and the beginnings of the first floor are taking shape!
