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ANZAC day

Lest we forget.

posted by: blytheswideshut at April 25, 2007 14:06 | link | comments |

It's raining it's pouring....

Finally.  It has been many, many months since we've had rain here. We are in the grip of a very, very severe drought And tonight it's raining.  After a spectacular display of thunder and lightening the heavens have opened.

Woot!  I'm going outside. (even though it's 9:30pm!)

We've been living with Level 5 water restrictions  for awhile now (this won't change just because of tonight's downpour), but maybe it will wash all the dust off my car.  Car washing has been prohibited since April 10.  Level 5 restrictions mean that only spot cleaning of glass/mirrors/lights/number plates can occur - and my car is looking very shabby.

Oh my god - it is absolutely bucketing down!  Amazing. Here is a map showing just how bad it is.

posted by: blytheswideshut at April 22, 2007 22:33 | link | comments |

Book Binge update

"Bad Dirt" and "Close Range" by Annie Proulx finished.  I wonder why she has droped the E from her title - she used to go by E.Annie Proulx - what's changed I wonder?

I squeezed in some reading junk food, and read "Dying for Cake" by Louise Limerick and two novels by Meg Cabot (now they were absolute drivel - almost barely readable, but I soldiered on like a trouper) the titles were, I believe "Boy Meets Girl" and "Boy Next Door".  Both were sort of like Mills and Boon for the modern chick.

I'm currently reading "Corfu - a novel" by Robert Dessaix.

posted by: blytheswideshut at April 10, 2007 01:49 | link | comments |

Book Binge

The "Book Binge" commenced April 1, 2007.  Lucky I've paid my library fines (thanks alot scott), and I've been borrowing up a storm.  Due to recent budgetary constraints I've been limited to re-reading my own stocks or borrowing from the library.  No budget allocation for new book purchases.

Stats so far:

April 1, 2007:  "Close Range - Wyoming Stories" by Annie Proulx.  (library)

This one is short stories, and I almost finished it last night - except Scott kept rolling over in bed and groaning "turn off the light".


April 2, 2007: "Bad Dirt - Wyoming Stories 2" by Annie Proulx (library)

Finished Close Range this morning, and began Bad Dirt straight after.

Every now and then I go on an Annie Proulx binge.  Or I read "That Old Ace in the Hole" over and over obsessively for a few weeks.

I'm lucky I'm not compiling this list during one of my "Tales of the City" marathons.  Every few months or so I trot them out and get my Armistead Maupin fix.  Sometimes I can read two a night - I've read them so many times it's like comfort reading.  Better that than a box of chocolates right?

posted by: blytheswideshut at April 02, 2007 09:32 | link | comments (2) |

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