Isn’t it funny how we depend so much on the internet? Believe it or not, when I was growing up, I had never heard of the internet or home computers or email and I did just fine. But now? Well, now, I’ve gotten used to it.
So, tonight, Wednesday, September 27, my internet connection is back up. For how long, who knows? It did this last night too and was on about five hours then off again until about an hour ago. Maybe it’s a night owl and only comes out after the sun goes down. In reality, I’m pretty sure the culprit is a sliced wire that inadvertently came under fire by a shovel wielded by a worker. The AT&T doc is supposed to be here tomorrow, and cure it pronto.
But, because the internet is working at the moment, I figured I’d better get out the post about today’s critique. Because, who knows if the technological marvel will be feeling up to doing its job tomorrow.
Today, we missed Peg and Nancy. Both these critters had pressing matters and couldn’t make it to the critique. Hopefully, they’ll be here next time. Carolyn and Jane and I held down the fort and if the amount of laughter is any sign, the critique was a rousing success. We sort of lost track of time because we were so involved in conversation.
Carolyn brought two wonderful oil paintings she recently finished of chickens. Aren’t they neat? They will be going with her to a craft fair and sale in the not too distant future.
As well as being a gifted artist, Carolyn is a writer. She writes and illustrates children’s books and she also writes poetry. I like her “pop up” poems. These are rhymes she pens when something strikes her as being funny. She read to us, The Doctor’s Office which was her take about the amusing and unbelievable things she encountered in the doctor’s waiting room.
Carolyn will be the featured artist at the Center for Art and Education in Van Buren, in July, 2018. Congratulations, Carolyn. This is an honor well-deserved.
Jane brought the painting she has just completed for a friend. I can’t give away much of it and Jane didn’t want a photo made of it, but let me tell you, it is lifelike. She has framed it and will present it to her friend in the near future.
Jane loves rocks, picks up interesting rocks everywhere she goes, and displays them in her house. She recently wrote If a Rock Could Talk. This was amusing but had a lot of solid geological facts too. Jane has a way with words. She was inspired to write the poem by this quote by an unknown poet: There’s Life in a Stone.
“There’s life in a stone, any stone that sits in a field or lies on the beach takes on the memory of that place. You can feel that stones have witnessed so many things.”
And I? Well, I told them about the title for the nebulous and as yet unformed third Ned McNeil book. I’ve decided The Ghost of Moonlight Past has a certain ring to it, don’t you think? As of this moment, the first five cozies are still only ninety-nine cents each. By the Fright of the Silvery Moon hasn’t been reduced yet but it’s a nerve-tingling, nail-biting story that reverberates along the spooky halls of mysterious moments. Cozy mysteries are habit-forming. Read one and you’ll want to read another and another.
May you have a blessed night and day and may all your internet connections be strong, happy ones!
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