Friday, August 04, 2006
Melange post
Let's see, I've been working on whipping the 1st 3 chapters of Possession into shape. It goes into the mail Monday. And, some other proposals are going out at the same time since, well, never mind. I shouldn't have to be doing this myself, but I have to, it seems. Whatever. Fortunately, I bought expensive paper yesterday. I'm having my usual self-doubts about what I'm sending out, but I can't figure out what to do about that. For all I know the stuff does stink.
I got a $50 Barnes and Noble gift certificate. The books arrived today:
Breaking Point and
Tall Dark and Dangerous by Suzanne Brockmann,
Echo Burning and
Killing Floor by Lee Child,
Mr. Impossible by Loretta Chase and
White Hot by Sandra Brown. I haven't ready anything by Sandra Brown in a while, so I'm looking forward to it.
There's a pair of Barn Owls nesting in the Cypress trees along part of our driveway. They have babies and we hear them screeching all night long. I went out the other night and the parents flew maybe 20 feet over my head, looking for dinner, I hope. Our across-the-field neighbor is trying to attract Barn Owls because he has a little vineyard and they eat gophers and rats. I guess it's working for him, though they're in our trees. Today as I was coming up the drive, I slowed down at this Cypress hoping to see the nest. No nest, but one of the young owls was sitting in plain sight on a branch. My son and I watched a bit then went to the house to fetch the binocs. Gosh, they're pretty birds!
: Tue Aug 08, 03:43:00 PM PDT
