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Greetings!

In my quest to cover more ground photographically, I took my camera to a favorite spot in Montague, MA today. I captured The Lady Killigrew, The Book Mill, and other associated buildings near the Saw Mill River. Since it was snowing, it was especially scenic. More photos at flickr.

And bonus -- I ate a yummy #2 sammich at the Lady, ran into Bo and Bo's owner there, and bought 2 books at The Book Mill (their motto being -- "Books you don't need in a place you can't find" and no, I didn't technically need the books, but they're mine now!). I didn't think it would keep snowing, but it did ... so since I slipped and slided a bit on my way home (didn't run into anything!), the rest of my evening will be spent chillin in my apartment. Current temperature is 21.4 degrees F. I'd say we have at least 3 inches, maybe 4. As you can see, Lucy is in charge, AGAIN. I think she's leaning towards watching a DVD.

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I have found the zoom lever! And, because it was delivered late, I got a $30 credit at staples, so that's rather nice.

Richie says I have to finish reading my 718 page book though before I can go out and play. I'm on page 417- needs to be done by 3 p.m. tomorrow. What are the chances?

Weather update -- The Connecticut River by Montague is just slightly over flood stage here, but that's downstream a little bit, and the street here is dry. No snow yet, but it is a wee bit chilly. I'm thinking I might make my first trek north, and go to the nearest LLBean store in New Hampshire, and go crazy getting outfitted for winter, with a stop in Brattleboro, VT along the way because it's supposed to be festive, and I suspect they have a good bookstore there (danger!).

Online status givers now say our leaf peeping days are over now, since the big rain and wind storm hit yesterday (they call em Nor'easters round these parts.) I'm still enjoying the color that remains though... lots more yellow than red, but yellow's nice too. When I see bunches of ya'll in December, I'll have to read to you my poem on leef peepin. :-)

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I walked to the library for their book sale and got there by 12:20 -- which is pretty good for me! I got a moose bag ($12), and grabbed a bunch of books. Some are more random than others, but hey, it was a good deal. If I hadn't got the moose bag I would have got 12 books for only $2! So what loot, you ask?

--2 Irving Stone biographical novels. I haven't read any Irving Stone since I read his biographical novel on Michelangelo in high school. But I loved it then, so what the heck? I have his novels on Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud now.
--The Oxford Book of Light Verse, published in 1938. It's poetry, it's old, who can resist?
--The 1898 publication of The Complete Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson. I don't even know if I like good old Tenny, but 1898!?! Phrases like "Whilome though camest with the morning mist,/ And with the evening could,/ Showering thy gleened wealth into my open breast;/..." Heck, that's just crazy fun!
--The Story and Its Writer, an anthology of short stories, and some critical essays on short stories. To get my MFA degree I have to take one writing workshop in a genre other than my main focus... which means I have to write fiction. Eek! This book might help. Who can say?
--Black Like Me, by John Howard Griffin, 1960 -- A white man goes to the South as a black man, and publishes his journal...
--A Dick Francis mystery, Break In, I've probably already read it, but I don't remember, which means that I won't remember who done it either. :-)
--Bunnicula -- A Rabit Tale of Mystery, 1979. Should be fun. Becky, have you read it?
--A Book of New England, 1947-- here I am getting all historical again, but with chapters like "Maple Sugar", "Taverns", "Puritan Children", "Heretics and Witches", and my favorite "Peddlers and Artists" -- what's not to like?
--John Cheever's the Wapshot Scandal, 1959, although, now I'm realizing there's a novel before it which I should probably read first... The Wapshot Chronicle, but oh well.
--Anne Lommot's Blue Shoe, novel.
--Marge Piercy's novel, The Longings of Women -- It's a hokey title, but who knows? She's an acclaimed poet/novelist person.

oh, and how am I doing on my 700 pager that's due on Thursday? ... I'm on p. 109. Must focus. FOCUS.

I missed the Monster tag sale because I didn't realize it ended at 2 p.m. Oops. I'll get a monster another day.

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