1. We picked up a very happy Lucy the Lovable Lab from an exciting 9 days at the B&B for Dogs. If you have a dog who you must occasionally board, and you live in the Chitt/Caz area, you should investigate the Bed and Bowl run by Camille Mann and Jim Rowe. Social dogs love to go there because they are surrounded by a bunch of other playful dogs. The dogs have a house almost to themselves with furniture to sleep on, classical music playing, and closed circuit TV monitoring between rooms. Whenever we take Lucy to Camille and Jim's, she cries all the way, not because she is sad but because she can't wait to get there.
2. We left Cape Cod at a little past 9 this morning and arrived home at a little past 4. When we left the Cape it was sunny, and when we got back home it was pretty sunny, too, which was nice.
3. I unintentionally left Judy Waite off the Wonders contributors list. Judy's response arrived a bit late, and I missed it between my online LL Bean statement and two requests from Nigerian gentlemen for my money so they could make me rich. Judy's suggestions of past wonders included the furniture store that was once next to the post office. I bought a rocking chair there when Jan was a baby. The owner, a rather miserable fellow, hinted loudly that he hated kids. Judy also pointed out that the Skeele Insurance Office was once the entire Sullivan Free Library.
4. I got great responses from 4 ladies, whose opinions I really respect, concerning yesterday's blog. Only the teenage responder found fault with the stories. All 3 of the 25-at-least ladies reinforced the amorous ideal that Edward, Bella's vampire boy, has become to post-teeners and even way- post-teeners. Basically they said that he represents a romantic ideal in fantasy form, and they like him! He's hot, cool, and uber-attentive! Say you're a healthy young or youngish woman sitting at home on a Thursday night, paying your bills, and watching dvr'd soaps--what could be wrong with wishing a gorgeous vampire would drop in for a little passion at a distance? But what I still can't understand is what do you do if he decides to drain the blood from your Basset Hound to maintain his self control?
5. Today's quote: "Edward Cullen fits the profile of what the psychological literature calls a compensated psychopath--socially dangerous, but still keeping up the appearance of normality
--while Bella is always in need of rescue. 'He watches her sleep, and if that's not creepy, I don't know what is. Girls say they are turning away from Harry Potter to Edward Cullen because they think it a more realistic relationship--and he's a vampire! It's baffling!' " (Debra Merski, University of Oregon Journalism Professor) I wonder if we're living in a time where a beautiful, alabaster-skinned, dangerous vampire is a better catch than a handsome young sorceror, who in Book 7, basically saved both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds. Or maybe it's always been that way. My goodness, would Sigmund Freud have a wonderful time with this!
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