Showing posts with label James Lee Burke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Lee Burke. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

December 9, 2009

11:00 AM I feel rested. For the past 36 hours I have mostly slept. I plan to do a small amount of tidying.

By 1 PM I took a nap. Hard to believe. I have managed some tidying. It is psychologically hard for me. I have found a missing address book.

Blitzen's Tale
Lady Chica's Tale
What happens at Pup's stays at Pup's.

We all went over to Pup's. Had comfy soup for dinner. Lea baked cookies and sewed. I just sewed. I am sewing blocks together. quilt blocks.

BOOK REVIEW
James Lee Burke, *Rain Gods*
A lot of philosophizing by the protagonist, hackberry Holland, an old sheriff down in Texas near the border with Mexico. Holland still suffers from his experience as a POW Korea in 1950. Another character is Paul, severely burned in Iraq. Holland talks about the experiences of his grandfather in the war with some Mexican.
Nine young Thai women are killed and buried in Holland's county, coming in from Mexico. The FBI and other agencies take over. The women had bags of heroin in their stomachs. We share the thoughts of the murderer and the drug lords who set the action in motion. Holland sets forth on his own investigation.


Hugs, Dr. Liz

Sunday, November 15, 2009

November 15, 2009

Strange night of waking and sleeping. I thot I was awake and I was talking to Big Bird and cookie monster.

No pain this morning. What gives with thatt? I found a double yoked egg. Isnt that supposed to be lucky or something?
I over cooked my eggs and put too much salt in. Being a Child of the Depression I am eating them. Off to religious services.

Rather frustrated in Sunday school. During lunch the pastor came down to fellowship hall to make a little speech. The extreme right of the Baptist General Convention of Texas wants to get rid of Broadway Baptist bc we are too liberal. We are not sending messangers to this year's annual convention.

Knowing that rain was predicted, I made a choice to take a nap. Hence we only had half an hour at the prk before the rain came down. We drove home in a gulley washer. I may take another nap before Mystery comes on.

Blitzen's Tale
I raced around looking for friends of mine, but nobody was there. We didn't stay long. It rained.

Lady Chica's Tale
I enjoy being all alone in the park. I have time to smell all around. The park today was full of tiny little dogs.

Well, Mystery lasted two hours and it is still continued. We know mostly the mystery. There was a collision on the expressway (in England --- they were all driving on the wrong side of the road). Our hero was charged with figuring out the source of the accident bc the father of one victim was suing the Metro police.


BOOK REVIEW
James Lee Burke, *The Neon Rain*
First Dave Robichaux novel, published in 1987. I mention the date bc the novel assumes everyday knowledge about what was going on in Nicaragua and I cant remember. Anyhow, Dave is a rough and tough homicide dick with New Orleans PD. As always, he is an alcoholic. The bad guys pour alcohol down his throat and he has to start over again. He gets involved with a group who is sending arms to Nicaragua, but I am not sure which side. He works with an agent from ATF.

I enjoyed this thoroly. Even if I didn't know what was going on. Dave frequents AA meetings.


Hugs, Dr. Liz