My mother's birthday today and we had a nice chat by phone this afternoon. Will had the day off today and so came over – so he got to talk to Granny too. After dinner he and I went to see the new Michael Moore movie: Capitalism. We thought it was excellent, especially putting up crime scene tape around the NYSE and trying to make a citizens' arrest of bank executives.
After not playing all that well at bridge yesterday with Kim, I had a good game with Len, beating out Sheila and Lew (always an accomplishment) at the club today. Daytime bridge is a little different though – there are a lot more gifts being handed out than in the evening games that I usually play in.
The weather is turning a little cold – light frosts in the mornings lately – and it's feeling a lot more like winter is just around the corner. The leaves are still looking good though.
Finally, a comment on The House on the Strand, which I'm re-reading (or rather re-hearing) at present, with Michael Maloney as the reader, who is excellent. It is so good. The writing is almost like poetry –the words just flow so well. And the story, written in the first person as a man, is so personal and vivid that you just can't put it down (or switch it off). Apparently, Daphne du Maurier was an Ac/Dc type and felt that the male side of her persona was the creative force behind the writing. I can understand that totally.
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