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Week of 30 October 2006

Latest Update: Sunday, 4 November 2006 3:45 p.m.


Monday, 30 October 2006

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Today at work the Firm celebrated one of the founding member's birthday. He turned 90 years old and looks every bit of 75. He still comes to the office, plays tennis, and has a mind as sharp as a tack.

I had a hair cut appointment after work followed by the usual errand running while on that side of town. I just got home about twenty minutes ago.

As I mentioned last week I am reading the newest David Handler, Mitch and Mitry mystery. The book starts out with the clubbing death of Pete, the town homeless man who collects cans and bottles from the recycling bins. Coincidently he is found dead in the woods located just past the driveway of the wealthy Dorset community home of Poochie Vickers. And, her prized Mercedes Goldwing had been stolen from the garage about the same time as the murder took place.

In the meantime, the subplot of the romance between film critic Mitch Berger and state trooper Desiree Mitry according to village gossip is on the fritz. Rumor has it that she turned him down to the marriage proposal...or rumor has it he turned her down. Mitch is trying to help a local young girl get her first novel published but is concerned about the plot being real or fiction as to whether or not she was really the victim of sexual abuse as a teenager. As Des starts to uncover the truths behind Pete's death she learns the homeless man was quite wealthy but living like a bum in an old trailer behind the gas station. Nobody's talking to Des as to what the true story is behind Pete's life. As usual there are lots of suspects, subplots of romance between several characters, and an equal number of offensive characters to keep the book rolling along. 

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Tuesday, 31 October 2006

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Another month gone from the calendar. We just had the dogs out for their after dinner walk. Lots of young kids doing the trick or treat thing. I went to the gym after work which makes dinner a little later than usual. When we first moved in the neighborhood we did not have a lot of families with young kids. It was mostly punks out causing trouble. We started keeping the lights out and staying inside to avoid them.

The past several years has seen an increase in young families. We stood outside talking with Kim for a few minutes with the dogs. Malcolm barks at the children so I brought him back in. A lot of the of adults taking their kids around standing in the curb. Some adults are dressed up handing out candy from the front porch. It looks very much like it did when I was a kid.

We shall spend the evening watching some Jeeves and Wooster.

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Wednesday, 1 November 2006

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Thursday, 2 November 2006

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It has really been a slow news week. I did not have much if anything to post about last night. I did finish the David Handler and started Out of the Ruins by Sally Wright. The book has been out since 2003 but I recently purchased it when Marcia and I went on a buying spree at Mystery Loves Company last time we were up. Her character Ben Reese works as an archivist at a small university in Ohio. Early books by Wright have been set in England and Scotland. This time she has chosen a small island off the coast of Georgia, Cumberland Island, as her setting. The island actually exists as a National Seashore by the National Park Service.

Along with mysterious deaths readers will enjoy "visiting" the island with descriptions of the plant and animal life. Ben visits to the island to assist a former student in learning the secret behind her aunt's death who was a renowned Scottish academic professor. Her sister, bedridden with MS tells Ben of a late night intruder just before she dies of supposed natural causes. Ben stumbles upon some gruesome family history during his investigation as he tries to solve the murder and try to keep land developers from coming in and taking over the island.



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Friday, 3 November 2006

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Saturday, 4 September 2006

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I went out to dinner last night with the folks and Frances. I didn't even come back to check my mail when I got home.

Bob got up with the dogs this morning letting me sleep in until 8:30. I did the weekly house cleaning then took the dogs out for a little play time. We visited with Mimi and her dogs for a few minutes then it was time to tackle the yard. Lots of leaves came down this week. I finished up the front then took a lunch break before doing the back. The grass was not all that high but I went ahead and mowed. I cut back some stuff that got hit by the freeze last night, trimmed back the hosta and general plant maintenance.

The weather today is beautiful though a bit chilly. Mid forties with sunshine and clear blue skies. Cold again tonight. 

I shall finish out the afternoon working here at my desk and relaxing.


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Sunday, 5 November 2006

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Greetings. The dogs woke us up around 7:15. I read the paper then took off about 8:40 to pick up dad for golf. We had a very hard freeze last night but temperatures were warming up nicely by the time we got to the course.

We only played nine to give me time to do some gardening for dad after lunch. I weeded the bed at the top of their hill in back then planted 30 or 40 spring bulbs. I blew leaves from the hill and mulched those up with dads vacuum to throw on top of the bulbs. Dad's lawn guys can dump his leaves in there for the next few weeks so we can spread them in the bed. I sprayed round up in the rest of the bed. I can put some flowers in there next spring.

I left their house to stop by Frances' on the way home. She needed help putting something together and had made Bob some egg salad for his dinner.

Last night I finished up the Out of Ruins. We have a very large stack of reserves to come in from the library so I shall be reading from those for awhile.

Enjoy what's left of your Sunday.

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