Blackout prep

[susandennis]

I woke up this morning thinking of all the things I need to do before 4. Turn off the Windows laptop and the Chromebook I use for webcam viewing and gather all the flashlights in one spot and... it's ridiculous. If the lights go out at 4 as planned (and they probably won't go out until 4:30 or 5), I'll be in bed asleep at 10 so we're only talking 6 hours. AND plenty of people get caught in electrical outages of that length with no notice at all ... and live to tell the tale.

I did pull some fried chicken out of the freezer to have with a salad for dinner.

My pool theory lives. It seems that when the pool is packed on Saturday, there are rarely any swimmers on Sunday. True today. There were a couple of people there for a little bit but no crowd. Even the locker room was sparsely populated.

I started a new book for pool swim - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty - it's about her years working in a crematory. So far, so good. The author is also the reader which generally does not work too well but she's doing a very excellent job.

I finished my novel last night - Hopefuls by Jennifer Chase - very excellent - also another very excellent reader. In fact, I went to Audible this morning to see if I could find another book ready by the same woman and while she's done a ton, none looked interesting. I have a new book to start tonight - the first in a series that already has 6 books - about an assassin. I hope it's great.

Time now to clean up the breakfast dishes and get to the sewing room. The baseball game is on TV today! First for 2017. I'm excited.

Comments

[maju01.livejournal.com]

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty by sounds interesting.

Possibly along the same lines, have you read Jessica Mitford's book The American Way of Death, or the updated version The American Way of Death Revisited?

[susandennis]

I did read the original years ago when it was new. I did not know she had updated. Thanks for the tip!

[dcjaywalk.livejournal.com]

I may be biased, but Smoke Gets In Your Eyes is a great book. (Caitlin Doughty is a close friend of a close friend.)

[susandennis]

Really? How cool is that?! 3ish degrees of Kevin Baconism. Thanks so much for letting me know.

[dcjaywalk.livejournal.com]

I haven't met her in person (living in different cities), but I've interacted with her a little in comments on our mutual friend's Facebook posts.

[susandennis]

well, I'm now 3 hours in and can say definitively that it is fascinating and she really is an excellent reader.

[dcjaywalk.livejournal.com]

I haven't met her in person (living in different cities), but I've interacted with her a little in comments on our mutual friend's Facebook posts.

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

Jennifer Close, I think. I hope it's the same because I investigate the books you've read to see if I'd like to read it as well and I can't find the same title by J. Chase. Is it about a couple that moves from NY to DC? That looks very interesting and is going on my list.

[susandennis]

Yes, Yes. Jennifer Close. It was good. You'll like it.