Working on a Fic

I wrote a new fanfic today, a double drabble,  but I haven't posted it because, well, it just
doesn't work within those limitations.  It needs to be fleshed out and built up.
The funny thing is that I've had the ending planned for several months.

B Is For Brighton Beach

I've just discovered this book, which was published last year.

Of course, I went right to smile.amazon. com and, to my utter delight, saw that they had it
on Kindle... at a very low price!
CLICK!

All through the book there  are places I've been so many times.
Asser Levy Park, which I called "The Big Park" when I was a little girl.
The boardwalk.
The Ezra Jack Keats School (known as P.S. 253 when I went there.)
And, most meaningful of all to me, Guardian Angel Roman Catholic Church,
unnamed in the book because it is on the J page along with the Jewish Center
across the street.

This book makes me feel so happy, but at the same time, a bit homesick.

I'm just sorry that I didn't know about it last year.... I would have gotten a physical
copy for Mom.
She would have loved it.

Books Read In The Week of September 13-19

Books read for the first time are marked with  a #

Books are grouped in their sections by author,
and not necessarily in the order read.

Sunday book(s) 

"The Happiness of Heaven"

by Fr. J. Boudreau, S.J.

"In This House of Brede"

by Rumer Godden

[fiction]

one of my favorite novels; I loved this even

before my conversion.

Weekday Books


"Do You Call That A Dream Date?"
by Mary Anderson
[YA fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)
{carried over from last week}  

"Why Did They Name It?"
by Hannah Campbell
[non-fiction]


 "Pies and Prejudice"
by Heather Vogel Frederick
[fiction]
(Kindle book0 

"Pippi Longstocking in the Park"
by Astrid Lindgren
[picture book]

 "No, No, Rosina" #
[picture book]
(openlibrary.org loan)
"Trina"
[children's fiction]
(physical copy)
by Patricia Miles Martin


"Uncle Fonzo's Ford" #
by Miska Miles
[children's fiction]
(openlibrary.org loan)

"The Secret Tunnel Mystery"
"Tough Choices for Roxie"
{carrying over into next week}
by Hilda Stahl
[children's fiction, Christian, Protestant (denomination(s) not specified), series]

"The Winds of March"
"A New and Different Summer"

by Lenora Mattingly Weber

[YA fiction]

 
A Book for Weekdays AND Sundays

"The Imitation of Christ"

by Thomas A Kempis

[Kindle book

This Week's Fan Fiction

The Poem
New chapter added to this AU prequel to The Waltons.

For Once, A Negative Post About Clubs

I usually write positive posts about clubs, but this one is different.  It's about some of the negative
aspects of clubs and club membership.  In other words, it's about the some of the wrong reasons
for forming or joining a club.
Years ago, when I was a young teenager and The Monkees were popular, someone sent a letter to
one of the many teen magazines out there and wrote that she and her friends had formed a Monkee
Haters Unfan Club.
I thought that this was terrible.  If they didn't like The Monkees, they didn't have to watch their tv show or buy their records, but forming an unfan club... sad.  And even sadder that the magazine would print that letter.
Then there are what I call gang-up clubs. A gang-up club is one that a group of kids forms in order
to pick on ONE kid, quite often one they are mad at for some reason or other.   Such a club might also
be called a REVENGE club.  The worst part is that the target is usually a former friend.
[The Spy Catcher Club in Louise Fitzhugh's "Harriet the Spy" comes to mind!]

Then there are those who join a club, usually an online club, simply to cause trouble, to attack
the other members.  These people are known as TROLLS.  I've had to deal with them from
time to time in my old groups on Yahoo. I have NOT had any problems with trolls in my
 Share-Care-Prayer Club.

And yes, The Share-Care-Prayer Club is going strong after more than a year... so this post ends on a POSITIVE note.

Lap Cat

I recently posted that one of Winky's "places" is my lap.  What I didn't mention, though, is that
this wasn't always the case.
When we lived in Brooklyn, Winky was NOT a "lap cat," much to Mom's regret. Not that he
wasn't affectionate; he'd sit next to us, kiss us, forehead-rub us, nuzzle us, (all of which he
still does) but he never curled up on our laps.
That changed when we moved.
Maybe Winky decided that a change of location called for a change in his routine.

Too Funny!

I saw this on Facebook yesterday, and I almost fell over laughing.
Please click here.

I think that's such a funny coincidence.

Maybe I'll start collecting humorous news items, both past and current, on my computer.