On Jul 15, 5:33 pm, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> phelbooth wrote:
> > On Jul 14, 3:30 pm, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >> phelbooth wrote:
> >>> On Jul 14, 2:41 pm, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> phelbooth wrote:
> >>>>> On Jul 12, 2:10 pm, "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >>> SNIP
>
> >>>> It's where the author (often very well-reknown) discusses his/her
book,
> >>>> and
> >>>> then afterwards, takes questions from the folks in the audience
(it's
> >>>> almost
> >>>> always hosted in a local bookstore), and then does some booksigning
at
> >>>> the
> >>>> end. It is good, and the interactivity is nice.
>
> >>> Yes, I know the program and it is good--but you, Bill, just need to
> >>> join a book group for interactivity. A real flesh and blood
> >>> experience!
>
> >> I don't wanna!
>
> >>> It will help your moonbeams ****ne.
>
> >> LOL Well, so you think. (ok, ok, maybe part of it is true)
>
> >>> (Actually, tho, I was j/k because I think pretty much any way that
> >>> anyone reads almost anything is good.)
>
> >>> I love teaching in the summer. I have a small class (only 12) and a
> >>> good half of them are ace-ing it. This is typical for a summer
course.
>
> >> Hey, that sounds good! Only 12 - is NICE!!
>
> >>> Makes the days fly by. I think, too, novels just work well in the
> >>> summer readign scheme.
>
> >> When I read, I tend read more non-fiction than fiction. For
fiction
> >> (and
> >> some non-fiction), I watch HBO, TCM, CSPAN, etc. :-)
>
> >>> how's CO
>
> >> Lovely, but a bit hot. And VERY sunny out here (and nearly always
is).
> >> Dry and hot.
>
> >> There is rarely much humidity out here (unlike back East).
Sometimes I
> >> miss that.
> >> And I miss all that GREEN lushness back East, because it is sooo lush
out
> >> there, and GREEN. And all the TREES!!! (but I don' miss the humid
> >> summers back East - especially when it's over 80 degrees out there!)
> >> :-)
>
> >> How's it out there?
>
> > Lovely here--not too many really hot days (tho today is)--we've only
> > had our AC on twice all summer. But mostly sunny with rain every 4 or
5
> > days, good for the corn y'know. Getting in lots of biking and boating.
>
> > 12 is just soooooo nice. It's really how it should be, if we really
> > value teaching/education. Well, OK, even 15-18. I wish I could post
> > some of the creative work I'm getting here. You'd think it was cool.
>
> > Fill
>
> I usually had small cl***** too due the nature of the subject. It was
> nice. 30 was large for me, but 10 -15 was ideal. :-)
>
> I'm surprised it's not really hot out there! (by really hot, I mean
over
> 80, and with the humidity)
Nope--most days 78-82 with low humidity. We love it!
Today is my son's (actually, my stepson, but he's a love and joy of my
life, too) 21st b-day! He's coming in from the Twin Cities. I just put
three layers of from-scratch Devil's Food Cake in the oven! It will be
good to see him. (He's the only member of my husband's family who is
not "toxic"--by this I mean, of course, toxic for me, I'm sure they're
all lovely people in their own inclusive world, but my trying to fit
in--as I've mentioned before in this group--is really toxic, harmful
to my health. (And for those of you who forgot, I sucked in toxicity
for three years before "removing myself"--and said "removal" came
largely from the good people's here help.)
Anyhow, this young man is the only one who I lived with (starting when
he was about 16) and I just love him to pieces. And I'm glad he loves
me too!
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