Two weeks ago Carol and I went up north where she and her sisters organized a open-house 80th birthday celebration for their mother, Margaret. Coldest weekend I've experienced this winter, 20 below when we got up Saturday morning. Later in the day I helped Carol's brother, Greg, shovel off the roof of the camp, Sunday morning, Margaret's treat, we went out for breakfast at the local restaurant and in the afternoon was the birthday event which went very well. The surprise of the weekend was Greg coming from Texas for the festivities.

gymnasium as family, friends and neighbors
gathered to wish Margaret a happy birthday
and visit with each other.
Back on the home front, Ian has been checking in regularly with e-mails about his activities in New Zealand. He is definitely making the most of his time there. We've heard from Taylor a couple of times as well while she's been in studying in Austria. She has been uploading pictures to a web photo site of what's she's been seeing. We enjoy looking at those.
For me work has been quite hectic and add that to keeping up with all the snow we are regularly getting has been keeping me very occupied. Also during this recent week to 10 days I've been in my newsletter daze which I finished up Wednesday night. Our most recent Netflix DVD was the Corpse Bride, a Tim Burton directed animated film. We liked it, definitely different. Tonight we have Lord of War starring Nicolas Cage. I finished reading the scifi book Crossover which I had the cover displayed here in the "What I'm reading" column. It was OK, a little light on action and substance. It's about a synthetic person, Cassandra, created to fight in wars. She's an experimental version who was developed with more intelligence that her predecessors and she eventually leaves for a life of her own on another planet but ends up involved with the situations there. It is the first of a series with two other books available. I may check the next one out some other time as the character and stories may filled out a little more to my liking but I have plenty more other books to read and I continue to be 4 issues behind reading the Asimov's. The next book I'll have to choose among authors Neal Asher, Orsen Scott Card, Larry Nevin or Iain Banks. I don't think I can go wrong with any of them.
Today we are waiting out another snowstorm which when all is said and done may leave us with another foot of snow. Once it lets up I'll get out the snowthrower and have at it. Since it's Saturday and we don't have to go anywhere we are just hunkering down until it's over with then clean it up. At least it's now March and we're down to almost 2 months of possible further snow. No surprise I've had enough winter and longing for mowing grass instead of blowing snow.
2 comments:
Go for the Neal Asher book. The others are better but I need the money.
The money's in the bank Neal, the book (the Skinner) is bought and paid for. I hope the money goes for another can of paint for the new place in Crete. Actually my mother bought it for me as a Christmas gift from a list of gift ideas she asked for. I still have a long way to go to get through your collection. You've carved out a nice niche in the SF world.
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