Field Notes- Friday September 16th. Sunshine. 63 at noon. I opened a window yesterday and the air coming in was cold but freshened up the house.

 I like the hanging light fixture.

So.  We did have cheesecake.  I went to the grocery and got the container with two slices and whipped cream.  They did have the same with cherries but they looked like pie filling cherries.  Too heavy and gloppy.  So I had my piece plain and I added rainbow sprinkles to Husband's.  Rainbow Sprinkles make him quite happy.

I was going to buy flowers but they were expensive and sort of wilted already.  So I passed.

The Local in Town Bookstore Owner called.  He was in a great mood and laughing as he told me I had FIVE BOOKS ready for pickup.  I might be his favorite customer this summer. Last time I was in.......A few customers were smiling as I kept pulling my zerox copies of books I want out of my book bag.

Yesterday I read Clare Pooley's Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting.  A group of people meet on the train each morning.  Become involved in each other's lives etc.  British.  It reminded me of the other British book- The Lost Ticket about people riding the bus together in London looking for an old man's lost love. 

I didn't realize I had read another of Clare Pooley's books- the Authenticity Project.  The one with the Green Notebook that is left around Town in places where people gather- the bakery, the pub etc..  Where anyone can pick it up and write down the things they regret in their lives and then tell what their deepest wish is for the future.  I  was on a book site and looking for new books to order and read and found a review of the Authenticity Project.  Most people disliked the book and found the plot depressing and unrealistic.  And most specifically disliked the character named Hazard.  I liked him more than anyone else.  He needed to be saved more than anyone else.

What does that say about me, I wonder????  I liked everyone equally in the Rules for Commuting. The very old people and the young teens in high school.  I imagined how the Rules Team could have been a great help to the Bus People looking for the lost love of the old man's life. Better organizational skills. More media savvy......

If you want to- read both.  Rules for Commuting and the Lost Ticket.  Love Lost and Found.