Avoiding Reality

We only have two more days in Maine, but I am totally not accepting that reality. So to do my “I am squeezing every last drop out of summer,” impression, I invited Suzanne back to visit us for our last Maine days.

This is great since we still have so much to rehash about her daughter’s most wonderful wedding and to catch up on every thing else that happened this year.

Normally I would be starting the packing up process, but now that I have Suzanne I can drop that out until the last minute and she will help. So tonight we went to an author’s talk at the Rockport Opera House, sponsored by the library foundation. Tess Gerritsen, an author of almost 40 books, with TV shows and Movies made out of many of them, (like Rizzoli and Isles) was giving a talk about how to write a novel. This was right up Suzanne and my alley. Suzanne is a much more serious writer than I am. She works at it, with a writing group and teacher.

I am just a daily blogger with a thirteen year daily blog and no planning, editing, plot or sometimes even a thought. We did enjoy listening to the author and learning about her processes. It is a process and I am not sure I have the disciple to write a novel. Perhaps some greeting card copy.

We came home from the talk and had dinner with Russ of all the leftovers in the fridge. The Fish Tacos were good yesterday, but better today. Suzanne is an appreciative eater so I love feeding her.

After dinner we had to watch some post debate commentaries, or rather comedies. Steven Colbert was a high point, hitting on all my favorite points of ridiculous, the eating cats and dogs, Victor Oban as the personal reference why Trump is the BEST leader and my favorite, “a concept of a plan.” Please if you are reading me and still are considering voting for Trump, I would like to have a few minutes of your time to point a few things out. We can make it a one on one talk. I just need to try and understand.

Enough from me as Suzanne and I stayed up way too late telling stories about our dear Hugh Braithwaite who we miss so badly. Sending love to all his peeps.

I have one last full day of Maine vacation before the long trek home and back to reality. I’m still in avoidance mode for a tiny bit.