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A journal for today

My wife was wanting to get some stuff done and I needed to get out and do something so I went to my local library, one of my favorite places around town.

Unusually, I could not find one book I wanted to borrow. I tried nonfiction (not usually my thing), fiction (sometimes my cup of tea) and mystery (my main fare overall), but there wasn’t a scrap of paper that caught my eye.

I knew that in the next couple of months, three books would come out that I did want to read; David Baldacci’s third Travis Devine installment:

John Grisham’s new one, Framed:

And Michael Connelly’s latest, The Waiting:

A blessing for me is that the last time Michael Connelly spoke in the Bay Area, it cost about $95 (I did not go), but this time, he is speaking in the North Bay for much less, and I get to take home a copy of his book. I figure I can get an autograph, and maybe chat with him for a second or two. That’s a great thing, and I hope everyone gets such opportunities as wanted.

So there I was at the library, and I was feeling bored and peckish, so I did what I often do, I went to Panda Express for some eggplant tofu and honey walnut shrimp with chow mein. To save a few bucks, I had it with a cold cup of water, and it was the tastiest drink I could have chosen.

So, where to now? I thought… To the bookstore! They’d have an old Dick Francis, and it would only cost a few dollars. I made my way to that location but noticed I was near another library at that point. Venturing in, I found a boatload of books to please and entertain… this was my haul:

I walked to the library parking lot to stash the books in my trunk, and as I got into the car, I saw a preying mantis on my windshield, and after photographing it and taking in the wonder of it all, I got a piece of bark, and eased it back into the lot’s desert grasses area, not wanting it to my new friend to lose its’ hitch when I got on the freeway.

I never went to the bookstore because the library had all I needed this time out. All in all, a good day, but I think I need to clean the inside of my windshield ;-]

#thankful