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The guys dancing equivalent is the tumbling — both are done on the ‘floor.’ The women show grace and flexibility; the guys show strength and flexibility.

I must admit I haven’t been too interested in the Olympics but do like to watch some of the diving and the gymnastics. My granddaughter was in gymnastics for ten years and I watched her many times. I did tape them last night and watched them with the sound off most of the time this afternoon. I could knit at the same time. I might have watched the horses but didn’t know when they were on and was too lazy to find out, I am sure there was a way. One of my daughters, the mother of the gymnast wondered why the females have to do a dance routine and the males don’t. I know they have different events but it seems to me the guys should dance also.

Rowing, Equestrian, gymnastics, all nail-biters! I am still hooked on the beach volleyball, mens and womens. I even watched some indoor volleyball, but to me it’s not the same. A little rougher maybe. This is still a good olympics to me, even if the USA is not winning ALL the gold. Yes, I hold my breath during the jumping (equestrian) too! They all look like they get so close to the barrier before they start their jump, but I guess that’s a good thing, they know what they’re doing.

I’m sure glad the TV networks are only scheduling re-re-runs during the Olympics! (Never thought I’d say that!) Then we’ll be getting the political conventions. Someday we’ll have some new TV shows! Really? (wishful thinking on my part) I can still watch my satellite TV if the new shows aren’t any good.

Joanne

Oh those were really nail biters, weren’t they, Candace? First Michael, then Dara and then the sculls. Our 8-woman rowing team got the gold – the men didn’t get medals. I’m loving this!

And the Chinese are taking us to the cleaners medals wise. They set out to do that and by golly, they have.

I thought I’d only watch the gymnastics, then got caught up in Phelps and Darria and their unique quests. Now the equestrians–the jumpers create even more tension–I hold my breath on each jump, no matter which team–for the sake of the horse. Then our home team Lopez family is expected to dominate in Tai Quan Do (sp?). Won’t leave much time to sweep and dust before the conventions–C-span is covering both in entirety!

Candace

I hadn’t gotten my head around the word “novel” when I wrote all that hoohaw – my head was, I believe, firmly ensconsed in my purse!!!!!!

And booksfree.com doesn’t have it yet. Sigh.

Remember this is a “novel”
about a fictitious Queen of England, the current Elizabeth, if you will. It wasn’t that she couldn’t read, it’s that she “didn’t” read. (Like we do!) The fellow in the book made recommendations to her about what to read, and then she came into her own, reading and reading.

I thought this was a lovely little book, and enjoyed it tremendously.

Joanne

The book is about the present queen of England. She certainly could read but in the book just didn’t read books much because of the time it took. One of her dogs ran into a mobile library van in her area and when she retrieved the dog and apologized decided she had to take a book to be polite. A reader in the van recommended a book and he eventually became a personal adviser about books. He was a kitchen worker.

But I’m on my way back again. I’ve been taping the evening games and I watch them during the next day when something I’m not particularly interested in is being shown. Also some ‘down time’ from games for a couple of hours in the evening. I can also speed thru the commercials! heh heh heh But I admit it is pretty much Olympics full time during the daylight hours. But I’m LOVING it. It’s a tough wait between Olympic years.

Which queen was it? I can’t imagine a queen of England who couldn’t read. Elizabeth I was quite literate according to the history books. And I don’t think Elizabeth II is much less literate.

Jo

I found this book really charming–a blend of fact and fiction with enough imagination to keep my interest, which kept surprising me even as I read it.

Candace

I think she is busy watching the Olympics. I now am reading An Unusual Reader. It is fiction but would be nice if it were true. It is about the Queen of England suddenly by accident discovered reading. She really never had read books before this and found that it changed her whole outlook on people.

Jo, when last we heard, you were on your way to bed–are you up yet–or pulling a Rip Van Winkle on us?

Candace

After today I should – I’ve dozed off and on all day besides that delicious 2-hr nap I had. And I’m on my way to the bed as I type. My eyelids are heavy and the rest of me thinks that horizontal is a good position to be in — soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Candace and Jo, I have a mac and I think your suggestion will work. I did give it a quick try. When this is published, it seems okay but when I am writing it, it is very small. Glad you are home Jo and hope yu get caught up on your rest. Georgianna

I have liked most of her other books and got this one because of the setting, in ND. I listened to it on tape and missed much because it put me to sleep. I had a very hard time following it. It was probably me but I don’t recommend it if you have something else to read.

Actually Darlyne, it is superbly wonderfully awesome to be back home. Being cool again instead of so warm feels sooooooooooooooooo good, I have no words.

Didn’t sleep worth a tinker’s damn last night and ended up with a 2-hr nap this morning and since I got up so early, I’ve eaten twice already. LOL Of course the first time was like 4:30 a.m. as I’d been awake and up since 3 a.m. What a messed up day I’ll have. Ah well. Hopefully tonight will be a normal night; the previous four (there) and a fifth here sure haven’t been.

Cloudy and coolish today. Weird weather. Warming, I expect. Good grief.

It is good to be home again isn’t it Jo? I spent from Thursday until late Sunday night at a Seattle wedding. Actually the wedding was 52 miles south of Seattle in Lacey which meant taking a shuttle. I visited with siblings I hadn’t seen for two years and whole crew of relatives. It was fun but tiring. The weather was cold and rainy so we mostly visited and we did play bridge in the hotel breakfast room. It was a fun time but I am happy to be home. After two days at home I begin to feel normal. I didn’t get very far on the airplane book I took along, Pushing Up Daiseys.

And some lovely posts for which I thank you all. It’s nice to be back to a temperature I prefer. My DIL is hot and cold, menopause does that, and consequently the temp is for her benefit. Understandably and I certainly don’t object to that…except I was too warm all the time. But here I am at home with a cooler house. Lovely.

More later – gotta unpack and continue to cool down. Take care all and TTYL

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This is a story of Trod Sander, an elderly man who moved from the city to a remote area in Norway. While out on a walk one night he sees a stranger coming out of the dark. This brings back decades of decades of deep searching and loss. From Newsweek, “you know you are in the hands of a master storyteller.” Although not a page turner I enjoyed this book, especially the setting in Norway.

I picked up tapes of Poe’s Murder in the Rue Morgue and two others in a set. I’d heard that title for years. I think listening to is more interesting than they would be to read. They’re read very expressively by an English man. I don’t know whether these are representative of mysteries of that day but are very different from modern writing. The language is extremely flowery, describing the deductive process in great detail, making the detective’s skill the focus and the crime secondary–a vehicle to demonstrate his analytical skill. I’m interested more about Poe because these seem to say a lot about him. He captured the imagination of many and I think I see why.

Candace

Georgianna, I don’t know if you have a Mac or a PC. On my Mac I went to “Preferences” in Safari, my operating system, clicked on “Appearance”, and the font options were there. Jo can tell you about the PC, I’m sure.

Candace

Thanks, Candace. It was a bit scary – the earthquake.

I really appreciated what you said about Scott MacClellan’s book Jerry. I think you summed it up very well – permanent campaigning. I have never felt like term limits were a good idea but I am beginning to rethink that.

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Have a good week. Georgianna

We’re on the same Kindle path, Jerry. I had to stop reading Edgar Sawtelle to feed my own dogs. The McClelland book is another window into the current Washington mindset.

Candace

Hi Guys,
I’ve finished reading Scott McClelland’s revealing book about the Bush White House on Kindle. I’m convinced that the biggest problem in this country today and has been for decades is what McClelland calls “the permanent campaign”. In stead of decent, bipartisan governance we’re getting partisan warring to keep the party in power.

I’ve now downloaded “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle” by David Wroblewski into my beautiful Kindle a story about a mute boy and a family up in Wisconsin who raise dogs. So far it is a no-put-downer. It was reccomended in the NYT book review section.

Attended my last (I hope) graduation party today and ate too much. Had a good time though! If these kids keep graduating I’ll be able to quit buying groceries.

Enjoy the weather everyone,
Huggz all,
Jerry