Not much going on at the moment. Lots of roses in the garden, but the weather continues very unsettled, windy and hot, windy and cold, windy with rain and hail. One minute I'm watering the vegetable garden in 27 degree heat, the next I'm covering up the tender stuff from the cold night air. Weird.
Nothing much on the reading front either. I had to give up "The book thief" because I found it too depressing; I think this was why I avoided it for so long. I'm now reading "The shadow queen" by Sarah Gulland, about Madame de Montespan. I really enjoyed her books on Josephine Bonaparte and this seems to be quite promising too. I've returned to re-reading Georgette Heyer, continuing to look for cheap copies in second-hand bookshops and fairs.
Of course, we've started the run-up to the dreaded Christmas, the annual lunacy foisted upon us by retailers; it's not really about Christianity anymore at all, just who can spend the most money for the most "perfect" Christmas, people being persuaded to put themselves in debt so that the kids can have enough plastic rubbish. Another thing about my fellow human beings that I just don't understand at all. How can they be so stupid?
Speaking of stupidity, I've been trawling in some of the darker areas of youTube, no, not porn, but conspiracy theories and alien abductions. So many of the films of aliens are so obviously faked with people dressed up, but many of those who comment are convinced that aliens walk among us, but as one nay-sayer commented, isn't it strange that in this era of exceptional digital image quality, the films and photos are so poor? Well, the answer is that it's because of the negative force field that aliens generate around them. I just made that reason up, but it sounds very convincing when you've been reading some of the comments on the videos on youTube. Ah well, back to funny kittens, they're much less controversial.
I keep quite a collection of Georgette Heyer for comfort reading. And have read some of them more times than I care to admit.
ReplyDeleteWeird weather here too. We hit 39 on Sunday, and struggled to reach 23 the next day. And the wind comes up each night...
All I want for Christmas is Boxing Day - when the insanity is over and I can point hungry people at the fridge - and hopefully settle down with a Christmas book.
I will be doing a shift on the crisis line on the day itself - and expect it to be busy, ugly and sad.
All I want for Christmas is Boxing day - Lol! I hope your Christmas Day on the crisis line is not too fraught; it's so sad that what should be a happy day is an unhappy one for many people. My doctor once told me that she thinks Christmas Day is a health hazard. People eat and drink and smoke too much, plus all the emotional and psychological fallout from the strain of being together too much and playing at being happy families.
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