Happy May 1
May. 1st, 2022 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vamysteryfanRabbit, rabbit!
The end of April was difficult for me. It was the one-year anniversary of my nephew's passing and also the anniversary of my sister's death. I was in a funk there for a couple of days. But I think I'm coming back. I was worried about my neighbor who broke some bones in his neck. I hadn't been able to get an update on his condition. But he's back home and doing well, which is a relief.
It's the little things that make me happy - I finally coaxed a bloom out of my "Christmas" cactus. I hope I've finally found the right combination of sun and water for it. It does throw off new leaves every so often but the blossom has been hard to achieve.
Books: I liked Donna Leon's Give Unto Others. A decent description of COVID's impact and an interesting if minor case. It's odd the way people from Brunetti's past are aging but his immediate circle is not. And Leon also addressed Brunetti's questionable use of his coworkers. I also read Little Black Book by Kate Carlisle, the latest in a cozy mystery series abut a bookbinder. Utterly improbable but a fun read. And I'm about halfway through The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel, all about women astronomers, mostly at Harvard, who did a lot of the grunt work in classifying stars. A woman paid for most of the research as a memorial to her husband, too.
I've started watching Season 3 of Bosch on IMDBTv. I loved the first two seasons but then let the show drop. I'm enjoying it, though. Titus Welliver is as perfect in the role as I remember. I should see if Michael Connelly has more books out.
Have a great week, everyone!
The end of April was difficult for me. It was the one-year anniversary of my nephew's passing and also the anniversary of my sister's death. I was in a funk there for a couple of days. But I think I'm coming back. I was worried about my neighbor who broke some bones in his neck. I hadn't been able to get an update on his condition. But he's back home and doing well, which is a relief.
It's the little things that make me happy - I finally coaxed a bloom out of my "Christmas" cactus. I hope I've finally found the right combination of sun and water for it. It does throw off new leaves every so often but the blossom has been hard to achieve.
Books: I liked Donna Leon's Give Unto Others. A decent description of COVID's impact and an interesting if minor case. It's odd the way people from Brunetti's past are aging but his immediate circle is not. And Leon also addressed Brunetti's questionable use of his coworkers. I also read Little Black Book by Kate Carlisle, the latest in a cozy mystery series abut a bookbinder. Utterly improbable but a fun read. And I'm about halfway through The Glass Universe by Dava Sobel, all about women astronomers, mostly at Harvard, who did a lot of the grunt work in classifying stars. A woman paid for most of the research as a memorial to her husband, too.
I've started watching Season 3 of Bosch on IMDBTv. I loved the first two seasons but then let the show drop. I'm enjoying it, though. Titus Welliver is as perfect in the role as I remember. I should see if Michael Connelly has more books out.
Have a great week, everyone!
