My hopes were raised today. But it turns out to be a small plates restaurant, not John Smith & Son reborn.
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Read: This must be the place by Maggie O'Farrell ★★★★ 📚
You see, my mother’s idea of a good time was to spend the evening re-reading The Divine Comedy, whereas my father liked to have several beers and watch the game. That they were woefully mismatched seemed a given, a background presence in our lives; like others of their generation, they just got on with it, circling around each other, making the best of it.
A tale with a host of POVs, locations & dates, all somewhat mixed up, circle round the two principals.
Every character has connections & disconnections, problems & strengths. Some are improbably gifted & unusual but that didn't stop my engagement.
The 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ✨ Day 5 prompt: sparkle.
The 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ✨ Day 5 prompt: beard.
Searching my photo library found this among the faces, The word beard is on the broken headstone, left and below the centre of the image. Taken 1 January 2021 at the Necropolis.
The 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge ✨ Day 4 prompt: Evergreen 🌲
A Scots Pine at the edge of the Kilpatrick Braes. A young one sprouts in the foreground.
Read: The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow ★★★★ 📚
"That's what you want me to choose? Dope-pushing Contras? Cuban terrorists? Salvadoran death squads that murder women, kids, priests and nuns?" "They're brutal, vicious and evil? Hobbs says. The only worse people I can think of are the Communists."
A decades long thriller & history of the USA drug wars across Mexico & Central America. A strange mix that includes the mafia, drug barons, law enforcement & politicians. Infused with the stink of corruption. Exciting & appalling in equal measure.
The 12 Days of Winter Wonder Photo Challenge begins today ✨ Day 1 prompt: frost❄️
Photo from a few years back. This winter has been as wet and mild as I can remember, hardly seen any frost at all.
#SilentSunday
Read: Flashlight by Susan Choi ★★★★★ 📚
Louisa's parents were people for whom things went wrong. The car got lost in the lot, or the driving directions were bad, of the check to the gas company never arrived and the stove was turned off. They misplaced things, or forgot facts, or disagreed on the facts, with each other or with other people.
Louisa is walking with her father Serk on the beach at night. Next day she if found had ground and he has vanished. The book follows various family members across the generations. It took me a while to get started, then I could not put it down.
#SilentSunday