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Went to work at Oakville. Was a quiet day there but I got things done and the time went by very fast. On Mondays I often am by myself as Pastor John has Mondays off. Luckily I always have enough to do that I don\’t have to scramble to keep busy!

I must tell you about two delicious, yummy, delectable books I am reading. I got them from my brother Peter who actually brought them over for my sister, Euli but she had a stack of books to read already and said I could take them.

They are by authors I had never heard of before so was a bit dubious. But not anymore. Love em.

The first is called, The Summons – an Inspector Peter Diamond Investigation by Peter Lovesey. Lovsey is a Bristish author of at least 19 mystery books. He is so good, that if I get nothing done ever again it will be because I got lost in his book and never came out. Of course I can\’t say I will like all of his books since this is the only one I have read but I think I will.

The second is a Swedish mystery writer by the name of Henning Mankell. I have four books to read of his. What riches! The first one I\’m reading is a set of five small books in one called, The Pyramid. After that the others are full length novels. The writing is good, no make that excellent. And best of all there is no tawdry sex stuff. Just good honest writing, with humor and well-crafted plots that keep you guessing till the end.

I hope our library carries these books. I will have to check. If not perhaps my brother will be getting more . . .

I wrote three articles today for my writing job and have 8 more to catch up with for November. Got behind – always do. So will have to be a good kid and buckle down and see if I can finish up quickly in the next few days.

Rosary Book Update:

Day 30 of Book Production

145 days till Publication

So how are we getting along with the book? Not so well.

I heard from the publisher that might have been interested in the book. They are not. I haven\’t heard from the folks at Catholic Mobilizing Network – I will call them tomorrow. Perhaps they too will abandon ship. It happens.

How many stories have I collected? Truthfully? One. Just one. That\’s not too good. Of course I can come up with a couple of my own – but that\’s still rather lame don\’t you think? I\’m not throwing in the towel though. Will just keep praying, hoping and plugging away. If it\’s going to happen it will be God doing it not me. My pitiful attempts at getting stories is just that, pitiful.

I was praying about it this morning and I am thinking about doing this book a bit differently. Instead of just the stories – plain and simple I am going to provide a bit of commentary on the stories. Not a lot – but a paragraph or two to tie in the stories and make them a bit more meditative. One of the advantages of doing it this way is that I can include two stories that I have lost the source of but they deeply impacted me and I want to include them.

Anyway I will just see what happens and what develops.