My condolences go to you, barb. Losing someone on or near a holiday always has a bittersweet taste in the years to follow.
On the other hand, the 4th has always been my personal time of celebration since I was born July 4, 1951. Each and every 4th growing up, my birthday was a family celebration that made all my sisters envious...fireworks displays! Today we are going to a new restaurant to celebrate since nobody wants to cook...LOL.
Actually, the Yiddish Policeman's Union by Pulitzer winner Michael Chabon. A fanatsy/ detective story about what would have happened if a briefly proposed plan to turn Alaska (rather than Israel) into a settlement for Jews.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your father-in-law, Barb.
The 4th will be low key this year for me (as it has for several years now). It's Amelia's day for visiting and we'll be attending a cookout put on by the highrise where I live. Amelia will love the hotdogs and burgers and I'll bring my vegetarian appetite for the large and yummy buffet of salads!
I read a lovely little book a few months ago called The Frozen Thames (by Helen Humphreys), mudqueen - a series of vignettes about all the times the River Thames has frozen solid since the Middle Ages. I was shivering by the time I was finished! Hope you can stay cool and I wish someone would send some of that heat to the Northeast!
My condolances to you and Tom, Barb. It's never a good time to die. Thanks for the heads on The Frozen Thames, Moseyer..i will see if my library has it. Wish we could send some of our heat over there. It was 106 yesterday!
Just a few minutes of the 106 would feel wonderful, but I know it's horrid continually. We've been very lucky to surpass 70 for weeks and weeks on end. At least the torrential rains stopped (for now) and yesterday was lovely and in the 70s!
My mother in Florida loved The Frozen Thames and said she'll reread a vignette or two when the heat gets to her in Sarasota! I hope you can find - it's a lovely little book.
Yes, Barb. Condolences to Tom and his family (includes you!)
Mudqueen has about said it all concerning the heat. It is miserable here in Big D. Another one getting cranked up outside now.
Moseyer, enjoy the cool which is miserable in its own way, MQ and I would send truckloads of the heat up there if it were possible.
Enjoy your 4th everyone. We had our hot dogs and potato salad yesterday.
bookwrm
Barb, my sympathies to you, Tom and family.
It's a quiet day for the most part. My kids are all off in different directions today so hubby & I have a quiet house. We plan to grill ribs and corn.
Sun found us this morning...a first in a few days. Unfortunately the clouds have now won out. At least it's not raining but it is cool. I'd import some of the heat and sun for just a day if I could ; )
I'm sorry about the losses, holidays can be the hardest time when a family is missing a loved one.
Himselfis having back problems, and as usual we don't know anyone here (I travel with my husband for his work and we are in beautiful Chula Vista, Cali) so I made a shrimp boil for him and he can nibble at will. I'm going to hop on the 5 next week and go to the beach, there's too many people in Cali, and today would be a nightmare trying to find a place to park, way too crowded. We're just veggin.
Sorry to hear about Tom's father, Barb. I hope his time with his family will be healing and comforting as they adjust to the loss.
And for a book to awaken the ice cube within, I suggest Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg, about a woman raised in an Inuit (Eskimo) family who finds it difficult to adjust to city life in Copenhagen.
I knew there was another chilly book floating in the back of my memory - Smilla's Sense of Snow was wonderful!
