Something you've labored over recently?
A fan of the late Sue Grafton, I really wanted to like her last book -- Y is for Yesterday.
Unfortunately, its 864 pages of mostly unsympathetic characters left me asking, "Why?" After page 564 I bailed and Googled the spoilers.
How will you rest on Labor Day?
Probably the same as any other day -- not far from my recliner and the pups!
Margaret Mead is quoted as saying, "I learned the value of hard work by working hard." Would you agree? Where and how did you learn the value of hard work?
I totally agree. By example. My parents set the bar when it came to hard work and ethics.
It's National Eat Outside Day (August 31). Will you? Do you enjoy dining 'al fresco' or prefer indoor seating?
Indoor!
(That doesn't mean I wouldn't enjoy a chocolate martini a little later out by the fire pit.)
Somehow it's the end of August. What was the best day of the month for you; tell us what made it so?
Yikes, this is hard!
August is my least favorite of the 12.
I'm going with yesterday's brunch with the Bible study gals.
I love my husband, but sometimes I need the company of other ladies my age.
Everything was so yummy. If it's possible to consume one's own body weight in Gouda grits, I might have tried!
Insert your own random thought rant here.
So, last week I ignored a call from an unknown number. A few minutes later, Tom's phone began ringing. Same number.
"Yes. May I ask, who's calling?"
Astonished -- then annoyed -- to learn it was a private investigator in New Mexico, calling to see if I remembered "C" from high school.
Vaguely. I knew the name, but that's all.
He persisted.
Before I finally succeeded cutting him off, the PI allowed, that "C's" family is suing R.J. Reynolds for causing the lung cancer which killed their brother a couple of years ago. Did I remember him smoking in high school? (etc., etc., etc.)
Okay, I'm sorry to hear someone died. At the same time, I'm largely unsympathetic.
I'll admit, back in the day we might not have been aware of cigarette's addictive properties.
I smoked. Almost 40 years, I enjoyed it.
But when Tom was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2013, I quit.
I'm not interested in following this case, but I sincerely hope Big Bad Tobacco doesn't cave.
I wish people would stop playing the victim and take Personal Responsibility for their own actions -- and the consequences thereof.
Sorry ... rant over!
Thanks so much for visiting ... stay safe!
Hugs, Myra
