Friday

So in my typical oblivious fashion, I've passed an anniversary without realizing it. March 17th marked my fifth year on LJ. Oh boy. 5,259 entries, most of them unutterably boring, stultifying reading. LOL.

Anyway. Hazy sun, 63 degrees (17.22 C). Need to go to the post office and grocery store -- the weather is supposed to change tomorrow, and not for the better. Looks like I'll have to bring all the deck plants I took outside back in.

Finished Wolf Hall. Wow. What an absolutely terrific read. Who would've thought the Protestant Reformation, the political machinations of kings, emperors, and popes, and the laying of the foundation of the modern English state could be such a great story? *g* Mantel ventures into some Tom Stoppard territory toward the end (memory and loss, sums of knowledge, nothing is ever truly forgotten but is re-invented), with a side trip into a favorite theme of Borges (an infinite library), but she fits them in seamlessly for a beautiful, beautiful mind-twist. Excellent novel, a solid A+. I've put two last quotes under the cut. The first is from Anne Boleyn's coronation, the second is that inveterate old bastard, the Duke of Norfolk.

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So now I'm reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Read the first 60 or so pages last night; so far am enjoying it, especially lines like the Finch family "establishing a line that ran high to daughters."

And last but not least ... have some kingfishers. The third photo (total of 17) is especially awesome.

A Writerly Meme Thing

Stolen from srsly_yes, 14 questions about writing.

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