Woolly Meeting

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Woollies met at the Oxford Condominiums near the Lexington in St. Paul.  Chez Haislet has moved to a 900 sq ft place on the 2nd floor.  We had the stand in one place and turn around tour, seeing Charlie and Barbara’s great collection of Japanese prints and their bedroom with an imperial robe over the bed.

At 7:00 we adjourned to the University Club, the funky building at the point where Summit takes a quick jog toward the Cathedral.  We ate outside on a flawless evening, with the temperature just so and a table full of Woollies and Wives.

We discussed books and life and death.  Ate supper.  Had dessert.  Went home.

Reading

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Woolly meeting tonight at the University Club in St Paul.  Topic:  read, reading, want to read this summer.

My list:  Pale King, Newsflesh trilogy, Existence, 2312, Redshirts, Mitch Rapp series, Arctic Rising, Last Hundred Days, Dracula’s Guest, Path to Power, The Tiger, Master’s of the Planet.                 to read:  Istanbul Passage, Aleppo Codex, I, Lucifer, Magic Hours, A Great Aridness, Our Divided Political Heart.

plus all those Rembrandt Books.

Working

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Down to the last book, of three, in Missing, chapter summaries complete in the first two.  A steady work, reacquainting me with the book, giving a reread not focused on revision quite yet.  That will come after the summaries and looking at the character and location files.

My interest in gardening, which always flags in late July, early August due partly to the heat and partly to the repetitious nature of the tasks, picks up again near the end of August, about now, as harvest and planning for next year becomes more the work at hand.

Already planning more vegetables in the front yard and what to do with the potato spot next year.  These new beds are important because the main vegetable garden has begun to be overtaken by maturing trees and we don’t have that any full sun locations.

Denver and Running Aces

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Kate at the Track

Kate consulting the handicapper/race analyst at Running Aces

Ruth, looking beautiful, like her Grandmother on the Georgtown Loop Railroad

Gabe, responding to the train whistle

Jon and Jen