A friend and I went to the DIA exhibit of Van Gogh in America where 70 of his canvasses, many from private collections, were on display. This may be the only showing in NA. I have seen some of these before, of course, but many I saw for the first time. If you are nearby between now and January, it is well worth your time. So easy to get the audio now right on your phone.
Getting colder here. At least the city of Birmingham appear to be reaching the end of the street work. Or nearly.
Reading LESSONS by Ian McEwan. He sure can write.
Watching SHERWOOD, THE HANDMAID'S TALE, ATLANTA, DERRY GIRLS (funniest season), and a Norwegian doc about a kidnapping on Netflix. This I must say, is there any detective on any series who doesn't have a parent with Alzheimer's, an estranged spouse, a difficult child?
Listening to podcasts while I walk and clean: (Washington)POST REPORTS, NEW YORKER RADIO HOUR, POD SAVE AMERICA, FILMSPOTTING, WTF (Marc Maron, DETROIT DAILY, DETROIT TODAY, NYT BOOK REVIEW PODCAST and many more. It seems like I must have words going into my head.
How about you?
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The Van Gogh exhibit sounds great and I am glad you got to see it.
We went for three walks last week at parks and such and came up with a pretty long list of other places to walk so that we could continue doing that without repeating ourselves too much.
Unfortunately, tomorrow morning I have an early appointment with an opthalmologist because I have been seeing flashes in one eye. They are not concerned and it has been going on for two weeks at least now, but they did want to check me out much just to monitor it. Last time I went in I could not read or do much else the rest of the day so I am putting this post up tonight instead.
Not much else going on. I finished THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by Richard Osman, and loved it. I read THE LISTENING HOUSE by Mabel Seeley, published in 1938, a kind of spooky mystery set in a boarding house with a lot of sinister people living in it. Liked that one a lot too. Started reading STATE OF THE ONION by Julie Hyzy, a cozy mystery that has been on my shelf for years. The main character is a White House chef.
Watching Handmaids Tale, A Friend of the Family, Magpie Murders, Bill Maher, John Oliver. Watched The Watcher on Netflix.
Finished The Wheel of Doll by Jonathan Ames, Murder Book by Mark Billingham and The Long Lavender Look by John D. Macdonald. The Travis McGee was a reread. Now finishing up Shutter by Ramona Emerson. This is about a Navajo woman who works as a forensic photographer. Pretty good but overly graphic. Saw that Cormac McCarthy has two novels coming out before the end of the year. I have reserves in at my library for both. They look rather short and the stories look to complement each other.
Would like to see the van Gogh exhibit but getting hard for me to find anyone to go anyplace anymore. Did manage a baby shower on Saturday morning though. My big event of the week.
Lucky you, Patti! I love Van Gogh!
Even if I were in the area, I doubt I would be able to see the van Gogh exhibit before it closed. I understand it's ear today, gone tomorrow. (rim shot)
Two weeks down. By my calculation, I'll be finished the treatment on the day before Thanksgiving. I'll be thankful for memories and (fingers crossed) good health.
Jack got two hits Saturday at his baseball game and scored a run. The kid is beginning to get the hang of the game. Mark is working part-time at Crumble Cookie, making home deliveries of cookies. (Who orders cookies to be delivered? I think I belong to a different generation.) Erin was supposed to go class the other day but her hedgehog Pinecone was sleeping on her chest; no word if she made it to class but if she did she may have committed a Class 1 animal cruelty felony by waking a sleeping hedgehog.
Again, no TV this week. I really should get back to that. There are some interesting programs out there.
Books read include the new Longmore, Craig Jpohnson's HELL AND BACK; Neil Bell's (Stephen Southwold) PRECIOUS PORCELAIN, my FFB; Blake Crouch's UPGRADE, a bio-thriller; Joe Hill's graphic novel, A BASKETFUL OF HEADS; Grady Hendrix's WE SOLD OUR SOULS, heavy metal vs. a deal with the devil; Mike Lupica's latest Jesse Stone, ROBERT B. PARKER'S FALLOUT; better than some of Lupica's, but he has this tendency to bring in characters from all over the Parker-verse; and an old Ray Bradbury novel, LET'S ALL KILL CONSTANCE, somewhat weighted down by Bradbury's poetic prose.
Good weather this week, but no beach. The mother of all cold fronts is supposed to grip us this week but I'm New England born and bred so it will be a piece of cake.
May your coming week be a cakewalk, Patti, full of interesting stuff, good friends, and wonderful activities. Stay safe. (And tell those construction workers outside to hurry up!)
My walks are usually limited to what I can walk to. It must be fun to set off for a new area.
MAGPIE looks good but you have to pay attention. I hope I can eventually get the Osman books. I did pick up the Scalzi book Tracy talked about. To be that near the ocean must be great.
Rain and chilly weather swooped down from Canada delivering a strong Fall preview. Diane put our snow brushes into our vehicles "just in case."
Katie checked in last night from Boston after spending last week at a conference in Seattle and making a stop on the way home in Chicago to attend a Harry Styles concert. Patrick has some European travel planned as GOOGLE is ramping up its Business Travel.
Diane and I got our flu shots and Omicron Booster shots, but the trend in Western NY is increasing numbers of flu and Covid infections. Diane and I seem to be the only ones wearing maskings in stores and other group venues. It's like deja vu all over again! Won't people ever learn?
Diane DVRed MAGPIE MURDERS and Miss Scarlet and the Duke on PBS. We'll have to find time to watch them. Stay safe!
It is cold and rainy here too. Maybe a bit warmer next weekend.
I was impressed with MAGPIE but had to really pay attention to the multiple story lines. I am afraid I have become used to scrolling on my phone while I watch TV. A terrible habit.
Yes, so true. Almost every show has divorced couples and most have annoying or troubled teenagers. We've been trying to think of one lately that we watched (it was only one series so far) where yes, they were divorced, but the teenaged daughter was not only perfectly well adjusted but well behaved and got along with both parents. It was such a rarity that it stood out. (I vaguely recall that the father was the cop and the mother was remarried or with a different guy. Or maybe there was no mother? Definitely not American, perhaps English or French or Scandinavian.)
We enjoyed the documentary WELCOME TO KUTSHER'S, a Catskills resort we were familiar with. My in laws had a bungalow connected to the hotel, and sometimes they spent the weekend at the hotel, mainly for the excessive amounts of food.
We finished OUTLAWS (second series; do not see the need for a third) and will finish SHETLAND (series 7) tomorrow night. Enjoyed SHERWOOD and curious at to what a second series will bring. Enjoying the new DERRY GIRLS very much, even though they are way too old. Jackie likes EAST NEW YORK (CBS) and ALASKA DAILY (ABC) of the new network shows.
I'm sure you saw the news about the so-called "climate activists" who thought the way they could make their point (they couldn't - I have no idea what their point is) by throwing a can of soup on Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" and gluing their hands to the wall. Morons.
Still reading mostly short stories and now memoirs. The James Patterson is surprisingly fun, and just got the David Milch from the library this morning. Also reading Michael Robotham's WHEN SHE WAS GOOD (sequel to GOOD GIRL, BAD GIRL). Also finished the third Thursday Club Murders book, as fun as the others.
We'll be seeing a concert and staying in the hotel on Long Island this weekend for our anniversary. 52 years, a week from today. Amazing.
Jeff, congratulations on your upcoming anniversary and congrats to Jackie for putting up with you for so long.
Congrats on the anniversary. That's a long time. Always enjoy Robotham.
I listened to one of Max Allan Collins's NOLAN novels and enjoyed it quite a bit. I tried to listening to the fourth novel in the RICHARD HANAY series (39 STEPS) and I am fairly certain the narration was done by a computer voice. I bailed after a few minutes of the horrible voice.
AVENUE 5's season two started on HBO last week and I hope it meets the first season's level.
I was hoping to take Boy #2 to visit my mother this weekend but the football team will have a home playoff game on Friday and he will have to play in the pep band. I'll drive down either way but need to figure out if he will come along.
In a City budget meeting right now and typing happily along.
I have never watched AVENUE 5. At the moment I do not why I am paying for HBO.
I must admit AVENUE 5 was not for us. We tried the first episode but that was enough.
AVENUE 5 sadly feels less Armando Ianucci and more Will Smith so far in the new season. Watchable.
There certainly is a change in tone on AVENUE.
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