The big news for this morning has been that a team successfully landed on
White Island and recovered six bodies. I
am glad those families can now have their loved ones returned to them, and feel
for those who must still wait – two bodies have not yet been found and a search
will be made another day for them.
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| Hamilton Lake, with Mt Pirongia in the background (2008) |
Yesterday I felt inspired to rid myself of more of my book
collection. Now that I am downsizing my
possessions, I want all my books to fit into one bookcase. Not an easy task and this is the third time I
have attempted it, but I think I might just about have got there!
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| My bookcase |
My collection of Georgette Heyer books is much too large and
I have singled out the best ones to keep and some to dispose of. However some of them I simply couldn’t
remember what they were about so I am going to work through and re-read those
ones.
The result of that decision was that my nose got stuck in this
book yesterday, to the exclusion of everything else in my life, until I had
finished reading it. It is a terrible
character fault of mine, that if I find a book interesting I have extreme
difficulty in putting it down.
Cousin Kate is a
Regency (English) romance with a touch of thriller thrown in. The outcome was semi-predictable, but I still
enjoyed the story. Georgette Heyer’s
books are full of well-researched details and the stories she wrote generally
have very plausible plots, but I really don’t need to own twenty-seven of them.
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| The book I read |
I went to Aqua-Zumba class again this morning and loved
it. The pool water was quite cold to get
into but we soon warmed up. I still
can’t keep up with our instructor, but it is enjoyable exercise and leaves me
feeling good.
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| Our local pool, the Gallagher Aquatic Centre |
I saw the funniest thing on my way to Zumba – I was sitting
at the traffic lights, with all the traffic stopped, and a rat bounded across
the pedestrian crossing. I had no idea
that rats were so road-savvy!!
Keep smiling,
Margaret
Funny about the rat. Not something often seen on the street.
ReplyDeleteGood for you to go back to the aquatics exercise class. Well done.
I am enjoying the class. It closes down over Christmas and I think I will miss it.
DeleteLast summer we stopped at a crosswalk and a pair of Canada Geese and their many goslings walked across. Apparently they too were road-savvy!
ReplyDeleteGood idea to go to Zumba.
That must have looked so funny :))
DeleteGetting rid of books must be a traumatic experience! My shelves are almost full, so I will have to face that reality soon enough.
ReplyDeleteBeing a bibliophile is so hard! If I had kept every book I have ever owned, the house would be full of them with little walkways in between the piles :))
DeleteVery hard to get rid of books. I'm trying to do the same now. There is a lending library on the island now so they can go there. I want one book case with books I'd like to reread.
ReplyDeleteWe saw a hare on the road yesterday, but not at a pedestrian crossing. He'd have been run over if he expected cars to stop in this place
One road-savvy hare not getting run over!
DeleteIt is very difficult to get rid of my books but they really must go. My future now is living in small places and I have to learn to let go more (of all my possessions, not just the books).
I could never get rid of my books, I am mostly into historical fiction and non-fiction. Have you tried reading books by Norah Lofts? Look her up, she has written some good stuff.
ReplyDeleteI like to think my books (and other things) are moving on to people who can appreciate them. A lot of them are non-fiction.
DeleteI don't recall reading any of her books. I will have to look in the library for them (the local library will have to become my book collection!).
I am glad they recovered that many bodies, but oh, so hate the loss of life.
ReplyDeleteI have pared down my books...I just cannot get rid of any more. At least I don't think I can. I have sure gotten rid of a lot. I used to read Georgette Heyer books...many, many moons ago. I have gotten rid of so much, and anyone walking in would never guess that anything was gone. And this house is soooo small.
I thought I couldn't get rid of any more either, but I have. Some of them I miss but life still goes on without them.
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