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I've finally decided that I am a writer - all the other things I do just pay the bills. Someone eloquent once said that if you do what you love, the money will follow. Well, let's just see about that.

RIP Aggie

RIP Aggie
Aggie was my fifteen-year-old cairn terrier - or maybe I should say I was her 55-year-old person! She was my faithful companion, spoiled rotten and I am still trying to figure out what to do without her.

Peter the Cat...

Peter the Cat...
This is Peter the gingersnap tabby! He's seven years old and has just been promoted to Peter the Very, Very Good. He is working his way up to Peter the Great...

Bee - the Cat Who Came From Somewhere Else...

Bee - the Cat Who Came From Somewhere Else...
Bee is Peter's buddy. He's eight years old and has made himself right at home. I guess cats really do come in pairs or sets of three!

And Jasper makes three!

And Jasper makes three!
Jasper is our new guy - the Cat From Another Place. He's four years old and we think he likes it here - so far, so good!

Buzz about...

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Stay-cation...

is a descriptive word. The first time I ever heard it was in an episode of Corner Gas - the one where Brent sits in front of the gas station in a lawn chair, communicating with people only by means of a verbal postcard from wherever he imagines himself to be. Mallorca, for instance. The locals are used to his annual stay-cations, but newcomer Lacey, proprietor of the Ruby, a cafe adjacent to Corner Gas, cannot wrap her mind around Brent's non-travel arrangements. Okay, Canadian humor aside, it's a mildly entertaining show and stay-cation is a great word.
Summer is incredibly slow in my business and I've been taking advantage of the phone not ringing and people not making appointments - or keeping the ones they do make for a stay-cation of my own. I had two days of solitude this weekend; I re-read Busy Bodies by Joan Hess - thinking it was a new release. I couldn't remember having read it before anyway, although I am sure I did. Her latest, Mummy Dearest, was pretty good; Claire Malloy has married Peter Rosen and they went off to Egypt for their honeymoon, taking Caron and Inez and intrigue right along with them. I admire her writing style and her plots are intricate while the action is funny and fairly lighthearted - well, except for the murders. I can't wait until her next Arly Hanks / Maggody book comes out. That series is even funnier than Claire and her gang.
Today, as soon as I finish this post, I am off to WalMart for a few essentials and then back home to my stack of books, one of which promises exotic locales, intrigue and an untimely death or two. What's a stay-cation without vicariously solving a murder?

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