I've been hypnotized by the sound of the ocean every day this week.  Each morning, I've set up my umbrella and chair, then settled in with a book in my lap.  Yet I've gotten very little reading done.  Some, but not as much as you'd think with hours of beach lolling each day.  Instead I've done some puzzles (word searches, crosswords, and the like ( Read more... )

Driveby post yesterday of jumbled, tired thoughts about my trip over at WordPress.

I tweeted a couple of photos earlier of the roof of the Mercat de Santa Caterina and the view of the Sierra de Guadarrama from above.

And here's a photo I took inside the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.  Maybe the most beautiful stained glass I've ever seen in a church, ( Read more... )

First, why_me_why_not is having a Hurricane comment party.


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I'm looking at hotels for a trip that's several months away. There's a luxury hotel (the high end offering of a chain) that lists a bunch of amenities like wireless internet, fitness center, whirlpool, hot spa, etc., as part of the basic package for an overnight stay. But then when you look at their rates, as you've selected the type of room you ( Read more... )

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It's just occurred to me that my trip to London was four weeks ago but I haven't managed to post any photos or a travel narrative.  Must get organized, or someday I'll just be saying, I know I did stuff on that trip but can't recall exactly what...

The weather was rather wet, unsurprisingly, but at least there was very little snow.  Which was a plus ( Read more... )

London was awesome. I would totally go back. I will go back, actually, because there is so much that I didn't have time to do, like visit Wimbledon, and the Portobello Road Market, and walking down Bond and Oxford Streets. And seeing the Magna Carta, the British Library and the Bodleian Library ( Read more... )

Today's earworm:  alternating songs from Cobra Starship's Hot Mess album.  The title track and The Scene Is Dead - Long Live the Scene.  In particular the chorus and the lyric, I can love you like a sailor, I can make you dance all night.  As I mentioned to The Biochemist, whenever I hear this song, I imagine all of the Cobras in sailor suits with ( Read more... )

Books that I might read while lounging on the beach:

The Betrayal by Pati Nagle:  fantasy, RWA book
Her One Desire by Kimberly Killion: historical, RWA book
Rescue Me by Christy Reece: romantic suspense/adventure, RWA book
Lord of Pleasure by Delilah Marvelle: historical, RWA book
Nightkeepers by Jessica Andersen:  paranormal, not a RWA book but picked ( Read more... )