Hopefully it will rain today. It's been a long time. There is so much campground terrain in Michigan to worry about with careless campers. And the fact that it is so much windier than it used to be here aggravates it.
Just discovered JOE PICKETT (from the C.J. Box books) on Paramount. Only have watched one and it doesn't seem up to the caliber of LONGMIRE, but not bad. Also watching MUSTER DOGS on Netflix. It's about the training of these dogs in Australia. Don't ask. I have formed a late-life attachment to other people's dogs. A four- part true crime series called BURDEN OF PROOF on Max was good. I am done with PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR although there are two more seasons that ran in the UK I am hoping for. Also finished TOP CHEF, which was a disappointment. I only watched it because I am paying for Peacock. The cooking is at such a haute cuisine level now and looks much the same from chef to chef.
Reading FLY GIRL by Ann Hood (memoir). Maybe. I don't finish about 2/3 of the books I start so I am not sure I will find the life of a (at the time) stewardess interesting even though I have enjoyed Hood's fiction.
Nice to see Megan's book recommended on the TODAY SHOW.
What are you guys up to?
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Still, rather slowly all things considered, getting the books and bookcases out of the guest bedroom (and will hope to have a charity come and get the bed...apparently there are still some which take them, despite the bedbug scare of a "simpler" time five years ago or so). Washing the long-unused (by humans) but either dusty or cat-furred folded sheets and stuff that was on the guest bed...assorted other detritus.
THE LAZARUS PROJECT (TNT and SkyTV, and thus on Hulu and presumably Max and this data-mining TNT online service: https://www.tntdrama.com/shows/the-lazarus-project/season-1/episode-1/episode-01-0 ) is hyped with notions that it's The Most Original SF Program In Years! Not actually most original even in weeks, as its (unoriginal) basic premise has been rather similar to that of the past season of THE FLASH tv series on the CW..."we're abreast with comic-book adaptation series on failing networks!"...but, even more so than THE FLASH series, it's reasonably well-made and well-acted, through the first 1.5 episodes I've watched (needed to attend to business), so it's something if one's looking for something.
New Cat still keeps trying to treat all of us as sworn enemies, after her seeking a love fest with me a month ago (and the beginning of the big, slow clearout). Alas and alack.
Glad at least two national networks have plugged Megan's new one!
I heard Burden of Proof was good, Patti; glad you enjoyed it. I hope you get some rain soon...
Habitat for Humanity took some of my furniture away when I moved. Although they refused an oak antique icebox because they said it had no real use for their clients.
Thanks, Margot.
Christina and Mark returned from Virginia unscathed, with a bright red car for Mark. Erin is in search of a two-week B&B in Tallahssee at the end of the month (she cannot stand the place where she is living now) so Amy, who has long-standing expertise with B&Bs from her stint in the County Treasuer's office (long complicated story), has lined up a bunch of them for her approval. Amy's animal shelter job, which she loves, is getting frustrating due to chronic understaffing. Mark is happy at the zoo, although they lost a bat last week (**sniff**). Jack has signed up for acrobatic and hiphop dance classes and has decided to try the trumpet for band in the Fall. Christina picked up to ceramics we did the other week and they all look pretty good. Jolly is now six-months old and has reached the doggy teen-age years; yesterday he decided my bare foot was fair game, then he grabbed some scotch tape from my desk and ran off. Potato the hedgehog has come back from the brink of death and is eating up a storm, to the point where it is difficult to tell if he is a hedghog or a regulation football.
Yesterday was an almost perfect beach day...clear skies, gentle breezes, warm sun, friendly people with friendly dogs...all that was need was dolphins, but there was nary a sign of one. The sand crabs are back, though.
Jessie worked some magic with passwords and I now have several streaming channels available once again. Maybe there'll be something to watch this week.
Reading this week included Scott von Doviak's CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL. a crime epic spanning seven decades and based on the Isabella Stuart Gardner art robbery. Recommended. I read two pre-history fantasies featuring the mighty Cro-Magnon hero Tharn: WARRIOR OF THE DAWN (my FFB), and it's sequel, THE RETURN OF THARN. Minor, fun reads, reminiscent of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I also read two paperback British science fiction collections by John Brunner: OUT OF MY MIND and NOT BEFORE TIME. Darcy Coates is a "USA Today best-selling" horror and suspense writer from Australia; I had never heard of her before I saw a huge display of her books at Barnes & Noble. Since 2015, she's published 23 novels and 65 short stories, and has a big fan base. I decided to give one of her books a try. GALLOWS HILL is about a haunted house and a century's-old curse. I was not very impressed; it read like a made-for-TV horror movie, and not in a good way. **sigh** To cleanse my reading palate, I read Lawrence Block's THE NAKED AND THE DEAD, a collection of articles and stories written for men's adventure magazines early in his career -- not to everyone's taste but I enjoyed it, plus it was gloriously packaged.
Wednesday is Flag Day, which also happens to be the birthday of Kitty's father. To celebrate, we're all going out for ice cream. Yum.
Enjoy the week, Patti. I hope you get some rain -- not too much, but just enough. Stay safe.
Western NY is finally getting some needed rain after almost a month of dryness. More rain tomorrow, too!
I'm trying to whittle down the stack of 17 Library books that I somehow accumulated in the past week. Glad to hear about the TODAY SHOW and Megan's new novel!
Diane is preparing us for our third trip in three months to Ohio. This time, it's a wedding.
Diane and Katie were texting during the. TONYS last night. Katie had seem most of the plays and musicals up for awards. Diane and her sister Carol saw SOME LIKE IT HOT and KIMBERLY AKIMBO on their last NYC trip so they were happy with the results.
Stay safe!
My library books are on a conveyor belt. I take them out and take them back without reading them.
I envy how much of Jerry's life is about family. A student of Phil's visiting yesterday has four of his five kids living with seven minutes in St. Louis. Poor Josh has to carry the whole load alone.
I liked Ann Hood's FLY GIRL a lot. Very interesting (to me).
Wew saw ROCK & ROLL MAN off-Broadway with my cousins on Saturday. It's a jukebox musical about the rise and fall of Alan Freed, not very deep but lots of good music of the era - mostly the late 1950s. The price was right ($36 plus $4 service charge). Afterwards we went to Victor's on W. 52nd for really good Cuban food. We haven't been there in years.
This Wednesday is FUNNY GIRL. We're partially making up for the scarcity of concerts this summer by upping our theater going.
MHz said the French series SPIRAL is leaving the service at the end of June, so we're rushing to finish the last four of the eight series. We're watching two episodes a night (four last Friday). Finished series 5 and started on 6. Also started HAPPY VALLEY's third (final, I think) series, which updates it seven years. Also got a kick out of the new Aussie series on Prime, DEADLOCH. It was created by two women comedians/comedy writers, so add a layer of goofy humor to the murder story. If that offends you, skip it, but otherwise, try it. Tasmanian town is turned upside down when a (supposedly) well loved local figure is found naked and dead on the beach. Former Detective - now Senior Sergeant - Dulcie Collins is on the case along with this lunatic detective flown in from Darwin, who has her own ideas of the crime, plus a willing but also goofy Constable. Add in Collins's wife, the local vet, and the kind of locals typical of a small town where everyone knows each other and it is amusing so far. Still watching several other shows we are in the middle of. I recorded A SMALL LIGHT on National Geographic and we're watching this series about Miep Gies, Otto Frank's secretary who helped hide the Franks and others in 1942 Amsterdam. Bel Powley stars as Gies.
Read T. J. Newman's FALLING, who se every scene screams "movie" to me. No wonder it ids a huge bestseller. Now started S. A. Cosby's latest, ALL THE SINNERS BLEED. He is such a good writer.
Yes, he is. He has had a meteoric rise.
I started DEADLOCH, but that visiting detective is a bit much. Never saw a show with more women in key roles so I probably will stick it out. A
SMALL LIGHT was terrific.
Yes, I noticed that about how most of the main roles in the town and the story were women.
We are watching SLOW HORSES but had problems with getting the password to work for AppleTV and getting tech support. We are in season 2 which we don't like as well as season 1. We have tried BASED ON A TRUE STORY and will watch another episode to see how it goes. I will look into DEADLOCH. Also rewatched MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. And rewatching ROCKFORD FILES. We watched OPERATION MINCEMEAT and now I want to read the book. Glen did a long time ago. And we watched 3 episodes of MS DAVIS. We had mixed feelings about that one.
I am reading MINDFUL OF MURDER by Susan Juby, a Canadian author. Recommended by Bill at MYSTERIES AND MORE IN SASKATCHEWAN. The three main characters are butlers who just graduated from butler training. They are living at a fancy spiritual retreat center on one of the islands off of British Columbia because the leader of the center died suddenly. The story is very complex, hard to describe, but I am enjoying it so no matter.
I am still having problems with fatigue which is frustrating. It is hard to do much physically. Reading is better, and I have done two reviews in the last week, which means I have some brains left. The latest thing, after a visit to the doctor, that my sodium is low and she has me restricting fluids to 1.5 L daily. I thought it would be really hard but it isn't. But I miss drinking more tea and water.
I have seen the entire first season of Joe Pickett and enjoyed it. Without adding spoilers, the first episode of the second season introduced a pair of villains that thoroughly unnerved me. Outstanding casting on these two, too.
Though I have to add, they need better law enforcement consultants to advise on pertinent matters.
It would be hard for me to limit tea and water. And I am still sleepy too. I think it is the allergy meds.
Glad to hear that. I have now watched two eps. I like that actor and it’s a very different part from his role in For All Mankind.
Not watching a lot of tv. Some true crime shows and From. Barry is now done. Talk about dark. Watched Renfield. Amusing for about ten minutes. Watched Living on tv. Excellent film. Bill Nighy was great.
Went to Pine Knob to see The Cure. Excellent show. They played almost 3 hours.
Read Don't Tell Anyone the secrets I Told You, a memoir by Lucinda Williams. Enjoyed it a lot. It helps if you know her music. Now reading Killing Moon by Jo Nesbo.
Nice to get some rain.
I do really miss the tea, although I had already cut back a bit so that it would not interfere with my sleep. I am aiming at half tea and half water and it is a big change.
I liked LIVING too. He should have made more movies like that.
I drink tea to stay awake. Such a tricky thing to get right.
My family, my brother and his wife, and a cousin from TX were able to get together for my mother's 80th birthday. It was a good time. Boy #2 toured the University of Illinois since we were in town and then everyone had to ask him what he thought of it and would do for the rest of his life. Before the tour my wife, Boy #2, and I were able to visit the current holder of the Professorship named for my parents. I just wanted to stop by and introduce myself and I hope he did not think I was bringing the kid along to try and get some sort of inside track.
I've been watching RICK AND MORTY on MAX and rewatching A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS on Netflix. I tried watching NIGHT AGENT on Netflix and it is the standard international thriller pap.
I ended up reserving a Irish memoir, MA, HE SOLD ME FOR A CIGARETTES and was hooked right away on the first page. But, I've had it sitting untouched at home.
Listening to BRING THE WAR HOME: THE WHITE POWER MOVEMENT AND PARAMILIYARIN AMERICA by Kathleen Belew. I heard a news analysis from Belew a couple years ago and finally got around to the book.
thanks a lot for information!
I don't worry about civil war in the US, but instead Nazi-esque yahoos intentionally pulling stunts such as the local disabling of I-95 the other day.
I worry that we will ever be able to approach being a democracy again with the red states enacting laws to hamper voting. I wake up thinking about that every day.
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