I went to Barnes and Noble yesterday with a holiday gift card I'd received and had a fun time buying some new books. Books by two old favorite authors - Reginald Hill (he writes a series of detective books featuring 2 English policeman, Dalziel and Pascoe) and Ruth Rendell, the first lady of British mystery writing. I also picked up Oil by Upton Sinclair, the book upon which the film There Will Be Blood is based. October is by Robert Littell, the author of the Company, a fabulous fictionalized account of the history of the CIA, Russell Banks is an author who was featured in a display at the store, but with whom I am otherwise unfamiliar.

I also received in the mail some sock yarn I'd ordered . . .

Things are better since my previous, whiny post . . . the girls as good as gold, mom is on the mend, and although my sinuses/teeth are still a bit sore, I'm grateful to have good health.

Here's a photo of the back of my mom's dog's head as we were driving to deliver her to my mother yesterday.