Muttday Muttday

Collection Agent

It’s My Place & Yours time once again and it’s all about collectables – as in, what do you collect? I collect two things in mass quantity and one thing in a tiny assemblage.

Books. (Duh?)

Yarn. (Duh Duh?)

And Buddhas. (Not so Duh.)

First November Read

I just love Emma Lathen’s John Putnam Thatcher mysteries. A pair of book-loving friends recommended them to me about a year ago and that’s all it took to get me started on a collection of my own. A good many of the books were written before I was even born. They’re all set in the business/Wall Street world of the 1960’s – which I have yet to understand, despite having read so many of these books. Still, I truly love to read them. Death Shall Overcome was tense and exciting – I certainly didn’t guess “Who Dunnit.” Due to its publication date – 1966 – a lot of its terminology seems drastically dated, but the overall themes still feel relevant for today. (Check out that 60 cent price tag up in the right hand corner!)

It's Late on a Thursday Evening...

HAPPY DOT!

My Secret Weapons

It’s My Place and Yours time again. This week’s theme is:

YOUR SECRET WEAPON.

Complicated broad that I am, I have TWO Secret Weapons. I often use them in tandem for, you know, super excellent warrior performance and stuff.

SECRET WEAPON # 1

SECRET WEAPON # 2

MEOW

I'm breaking the rules...It's a beautiful cat for DOT!

October Reads

My October read for TBR was quite suspenseful and exciting - David Rosenfelt’s Open and Shut. A Golden Retriever loving defense attorney named Andy Carpenter tells the story of the long ago hidden conspiracy he stumbles upon, a conspiracy that may hold the key to freedom for the man he’s defending for murder. It’s definitely procedural in nature – which I usually avoid – but it was interesting, well written, and ultimately satisfying in the end. (And of course, the Golden Retriever Tara was my favorite character!)