31 May 2024 – A Month Has Gone By Quickly
Mon: with the flock away, it was a quiet MemorialDay staying indoors with the AC to continue reading this well written book, Plantation/2001 very befitting being in this Lowcountry surroundings – 585pp, real page turner story. Writer DorotheaOliviaBentonFrank(1951-2019) grew up in SC and wrote 10Books&10Novels – pix downloaded.
I went to my husband and said, ‘I want to buy Momma’s house and keep it in the family.’ Peter said, ‘How much is it?’ I said $180,000. I only needed $149,000 and he said no. I asked him why and he said, ‘If you think I’m going to spend the rest of my life sitting on a front porch listening to all your relatives tell the same stories over and over till they fall off the porch, I’m not going to do it.’ ” Ms. Frank was livid. “I said: ‘O.K. Well, I’ve got news for you, Bubba. I’m going to write a book and I’m going to sell a million copies and I’m going to buy Momma’s house back. And you can’t come in.’ He said, ‘Let’s see you do it...
https://www.paperbackswap.com/Plantation-Lowcountry-Tales-Dorothea-Benton-Frank/review/0425194183/
When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother’s Day – Sam Ewing
Wed: really 9yrs ago! Amazing that Tristan, boy in the strip-T-Shirt remembers that I was in their class to give a talk about CNY! And look at them now!!
@TotalWine for some unusual miniature bottles for my collection, a lemon squeezer – like my GinTonics when I can use this to get the flavour&oil of a fresh lemon. OrientalMarket the only place I know of here for Curry sauce!
Summer for prose and lemons, for nakedness and languor – Derek Walcott
Thu: finally, 64tiles cleaned&scrubbed, trying to assemble them together for attachment on this cute table that was blown down by a storm some years ago. Except for a few broken tiles, can still be repaired but hard on the hands! Nice to be able to be busy&constructive to use as a side table in the living room.
A few minutes past the supposed dismissal time, the courtroom is so silent that all I can hear are my own keystrokes and those of the reporters to my immediate right and left – LisaRubin
Updates: Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts in hush money trial (nbcnews.com)
Becki Dahlstedt – It is very good but has been also mis-attributed to Lawrence; it should be attributed to Denise Foot (a retired nurse in Alaska)
Debra Sherman – The sad part is that I don’t think any of this is true. He’s a narcissist through and through. Narcissist do not see their failings or wrongdoing. He probably sleeps just fine narcissists don’t have a conscience.
Fri: celebrating a 50Bday@SanJose,AugustaRd,Lexington
