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July 22, 2015

I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.

I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.

I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.



July 8, 2019 at 10:07am
July 8, 2019 at 10:07am
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What fictional character do you admire? What specific characteristics do they possess that make them attractive?


Fairy playing a flute

As dawn leaks into the sky it edits out the stars like excess punctuation marks, deleting asterisks and periods, commas, and semi-colons, leaving only unhinged thoughts rotating and pivoting, and unsecured words.”
― Ann Zwinger, Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
tags: canyon, constellations, dawn, grand-canyon, imagery, metaphor, national-parks, nature, nature-writing, night-sky, poetic-prose, sky, sunrsie

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
Arthur Conan Doyle Quotes (Author of A Study in Scarlet) - Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2448.Arthur_Conan_Doyle

Strong Characters


I like adventurers. Women who work through problems with a flair. I read a lot so I find lots of characters that I admire. Two that I go back to every time they put out a new story are Laurie R. King's Mary Russell and Nevada Barr's Anna Pigeon. About a year ago. I found out each author had written two new novels that I had not read and I could not afford to buy the kindle editions. Off I went to the the local library where I found all 4 books. Then I spent a week with these characters.

Laurie R. King's Rae Newborn is another character that I will never forget. I only know about two stories King wrote about Rae Newborn. Who wouldn't want to move to an island, repair an old house and make a living building with wood? (Folly)

I like their independence. The way they face adversity is great. I have to say though, I think Anna Pigeon was named Pigeon because she always ends up getting beat up or injured by some unsavory character. Barr uses Pigeon to give you a good murder mystery while also giving you an inside look at the National parks and how the staff are run.

I will usually read anything by Rita Mae Brown. Brown's, Sister Jane Fox Hunting series is a favorite of mine. This series is about wealthy people indulging themselves in a good way. Plus, murder is the subject and it can be done so many ways; while still educating the reader about fox hunting, fox hounds and foxes.

Women detectives who solve crimes or work as coroners are in my list of reads too. Oh well now you got me thinking there are a lot of good male crime solvers out there too. That's enough for today. See Ya. And, Space characters, and end of the world stories and...............*Rocket*



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