I lay in bed hitting the snooze button thinking I had an hour to spare. Oh,no. I leaped up and threw on my clothes. Security officer asked if I combed my hair.
The dogs get tired with their outing at Lea's backyard. Blitzen did not even get out of bed. Lady Chica checked that I was going bye bye and she curled up in her favorite chair.
I came home exhausted. I was so tired I did not untie my shoes. I think more people are hostile. People seeking food pantry argue when I ask to see proof of residence. I had to turn two people away. It was explained that if people could get groceries just anywhere they would drive around and around getting free food and selling it.
Two families drove off with each of two grocery carts.
One man asked Nancy for two lunch sacks. Upon being refused, he accused her of racial prejudice. That was almost funny.
Well, wearing my shoes I took a nap. Went to Ft. Woof. We came home. As I was unlocking the door, Blitzen took off. I guess I did not have the leash locked securely.
The whole neighborhood was mobilized. I was terrified bc Blitzen crossed the street behind us. He only stayed out about ten minutes. Usually he stays out forty, but he is getting exervise at the park. I am totally exhausted. What a day!!!
BOOK REVIEW
Gillian Roberts, *All's well that Ends*
This is the last book in the Amanda Pepper series, by ukase of the author. The author did not want the series to deteriorate.
Amanda has married her cohab, the homicide dick. Meanwhile MacKenzie, the detective, has gone back to grad school to get his doctorate in criminology.
Amanda's friend's step mother dies in a mysterious fasion. Amanda is still teachig but working on her PI certification part time.
I dont think the following spoils the ending. Mackenzie's extended family lives near New Orleans and are devastated by hurricane. Eventually after the crime is solved, Amanda and MacKenzie with their cat move to New Orleans.
Having finished the book I agree with the author. She has lost her verve. She says on her web site that Amanda did not age. Faye Kellerman has her characters age. Clive Cussler had Dirk Pitt dig up two children he had never known he had. The younguns do all the exciting stuff.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Gillian Roberts
Slept in until almost ten. Hot already. In fact, when I made library run the outdoor thermometer read 98 degrees.
Noon and I am sleepy.
Last night the dogs were pestering me. After all, they had not seen me for eight hours. I gave them each a bone. So we took our bones to bed. I lay there trying to sleep with a bone chewing on each side of me. (I am the filling in the dog sandwich in bed.)
Took a long nap. Waking at 4:30 pm I spent an hour or so with Marilyn. I am giving her an AlAnon lesson in one easy hour. Her children are worried about her and have taken over complete control.
As the sun sinks below the trees, the dog park is pleasant. Few small dogs and many big dogs. Blitzen talks trash at the fence and they race in packs along the fence.
BOOK REVIEW
Gillian Roberts, *The Dead of Summer*
Reading the book rather than listening to tapes gives one the feeling of reading an intimate letter, rather than the slowness of the series.
Amanda Pepper is an English teacher in Philadelphia. For financial reasons she agrees to teach remedial English during summer school. The classes are a mix of ethnic groups. A Vietnamese girl is kidnapped. Racist graffitti are found in the surrounding areas. And the game is afoot.
Noon and I am sleepy.
Last night the dogs were pestering me. After all, they had not seen me for eight hours. I gave them each a bone. So we took our bones to bed. I lay there trying to sleep with a bone chewing on each side of me. (I am the filling in the dog sandwich in bed.)
Took a long nap. Waking at 4:30 pm I spent an hour or so with Marilyn. I am giving her an AlAnon lesson in one easy hour. Her children are worried about her and have taken over complete control.
As the sun sinks below the trees, the dog park is pleasant. Few small dogs and many big dogs. Blitzen talks trash at the fence and they race in packs along the fence.
BOOK REVIEW
Gillian Roberts, *The Dead of Summer*
Reading the book rather than listening to tapes gives one the feeling of reading an intimate letter, rather than the slowness of the series.
Amanda Pepper is an English teacher in Philadelphia. For financial reasons she agrees to teach remedial English during summer school. The classes are a mix of ethnic groups. A Vietnamese girl is kidnapped. Racist graffitti are found in the surrounding areas. And the game is afoot.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Tom Clancy
At the dog park, Ray has invented something cute. He has two dachsunds, Maggie and Charlie. Charlie follows him w/o a leash. So Ray has attached Maggie's leash to Charlie's collar. Putt, putt, putt, the two weinie dogs follow their leader to the gate.
Woke at ten. Off to Ft. Woof. Cookout with Martha and Jeff this aft.
The park was beastly hot. I get so irritated with people altho my dog is at fault. Blitzen was humping this little female.
bitch is the technical term
I believe there is a condition i term peri-esterus. weeks before they come in heat females give off pheronomes. (Other owners of fixed males agree with me.)
So many owners of small dogs think their dogs are babies, literally. I also think Blitzen humps little dogs just to get attention. Everybody goes into orbit. I mean the humans go into orbit. They pick up their dog, and Blitzen thinks this is a great game and he barks his play bark which frightens everybody. Well, I am home in the air conditioning. I need to shower and go to the cookout. Blitzen will be driving.
Cookout was great. Jeff grilled a turkey. We sat and chatted, drinking wine and beer. First we talked about the Battle of Hastings, then the Battle of Crecy, then the factors contributing to the dissolution of the middle ages, and finally the American Civil War. After eating nummies, I took a nap. The turkey was out of this world. Martha sent home pieces in freezer bags. Potato salad. And sorbet for desset. Some strange kind of berry from the Amazon, acacia.
On the way home I saw fireworks in all directions.
BOOK NOTES
Tom Clancy made a mistake. He thot the English won the Battle of Hastings with their long bows and we continued to speak English.
Actually the Duke of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings with soldiers who had stirrups on their saddles, giving them better balance. And we gave up speaking Anglo Saxon English. Our Creole language contains about half the words derived from Norman French. (who pronounce chateau like castle)Or is it vice versa, Leslie?
I think Clancy was thinking of the Battle of Crecy in 1315. Long bows sent arrows like a cloud over the sun. I have been trying to remember that passage about "band of brothers on St. Crispin's Eve"
BOOK REVIEW:
Gillian Roberts, *All's Well That Ends*
I picked up the book and read the jacket. This is the last of the Amanda Pepper series. I went to the web site. Roberts wanted to stop while the series was good. fourteen books. I feel as if I had lost a friend.
Sue Henry, *Degrees of Separation*
Sue Henry has created a new plot. I loved her first novel, *Murder on the Iditarod Trail*, which I have read about three times. Jesse Arnold is a musher who raises, trains and runs dog sled teams. I liked her second book. From then on the plots remained the same with different names. Even another series about Maxie and a dachsund. I thot I would try this latest, and it has an inventive plot. No snow. So her dogs are not mushing.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
Woke at ten. Off to Ft. Woof. Cookout with Martha and Jeff this aft.
The park was beastly hot. I get so irritated with people altho my dog is at fault. Blitzen was humping this little female.
bitch is the technical term
I believe there is a condition i term peri-esterus. weeks before they come in heat females give off pheronomes. (Other owners of fixed males agree with me.)
So many owners of small dogs think their dogs are babies, literally. I also think Blitzen humps little dogs just to get attention. Everybody goes into orbit. I mean the humans go into orbit. They pick up their dog, and Blitzen thinks this is a great game and he barks his play bark which frightens everybody. Well, I am home in the air conditioning. I need to shower and go to the cookout. Blitzen will be driving.
Cookout was great. Jeff grilled a turkey. We sat and chatted, drinking wine and beer. First we talked about the Battle of Hastings, then the Battle of Crecy, then the factors contributing to the dissolution of the middle ages, and finally the American Civil War. After eating nummies, I took a nap. The turkey was out of this world. Martha sent home pieces in freezer bags. Potato salad. And sorbet for desset. Some strange kind of berry from the Amazon, acacia.
On the way home I saw fireworks in all directions.
BOOK NOTES
Tom Clancy made a mistake. He thot the English won the Battle of Hastings with their long bows and we continued to speak English.
Actually the Duke of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings with soldiers who had stirrups on their saddles, giving them better balance. And we gave up speaking Anglo Saxon English. Our Creole language contains about half the words derived from Norman French. (who pronounce chateau like castle)Or is it vice versa, Leslie?
I think Clancy was thinking of the Battle of Crecy in 1315. Long bows sent arrows like a cloud over the sun. I have been trying to remember that passage about "band of brothers on St. Crispin's Eve"
BOOK REVIEW:
Gillian Roberts, *All's Well That Ends*
I picked up the book and read the jacket. This is the last of the Amanda Pepper series. I went to the web site. Roberts wanted to stop while the series was good. fourteen books. I feel as if I had lost a friend.
Sue Henry, *Degrees of Separation*
Sue Henry has created a new plot. I loved her first novel, *Murder on the Iditarod Trail*, which I have read about three times. Jesse Arnold is a musher who raises, trains and runs dog sled teams. I liked her second book. From then on the plots remained the same with different names. Even another series about Maxie and a dachsund. I thot I would try this latest, and it has an inventive plot. No snow. So her dogs are not mushing.
Hugs, Dr. Liz
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