Saturday, May 16, 2026

Mea Culpa

 Okay, I did it again. I wandered away from the blog and then didn’t get up enough momentum to return till now.

          However, in my defense I’ve had a roaring cold for the past three weeks and still have a lurking cough that sneaks up, thus preventing me from returning to my yoga group, too. When the room is so silent you worry about someone being embarrassed by even a soft fart, you certainly don’t need me suddenly hacking up a lung.

          So, today I spent playing catch-up. My book club met on Wednesday and I went dancing in, saw the woman hosting this week collecting up the books and realized to my horror that I’d forgotten to call the library to order the ones for June. When I’m hosting.

          Funny, just the day before I’d exchanged nightmares with my hairdresser. He’d said that the common hairdresser dream is hordes of people arriving to the shop all for the same time slot. I shared my teacher one, in which I can’t find my classroom and when I get there I have none of the materials needed.

          And now I’d basically lived that in real life.

          So that Wednesday I quickly slunk over to the library desk and ordered the copies needed. They must have sensed my desperation because 12 of them arrived on Friday. (I still need 6 more.)

          Thus, today was spent ferrying the ones I did have to people’s homes. I will say it’s handy that the book club is all people in our complex so that wasn’t too much of a strain.


(And here is something that caught my attention as I walked by the library showcase. Isn't this a neat idea?)

6 comments:

  1. What book did you choose for June's Book Club? Nice save, by the way. And I love the library photo exhibit idea too!

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    1. The group votes and their choice for June was Becoming Madam Secretary by Stephanie Dray, a book about Francis Perkins, who becomes friends with FDR.
      Since I usually have my face in a mystery, it might be good to get me out of my comfort zone.

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  2. So the host provides copies of the book to be read? That's very generous! (Even if they are library books!)

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    1. We order them from our little town library, which then sends out a call to all the other libraries in the system. All free!

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  3. I love the "Everybody Reads" display and hope your cough sttles before you have to host the book club.

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