Daily Notes- Sunday April 20th. Sunshine outside but cold inside the house......Windy,

 Hand painted Easter Eggs I purchased over the years.  In Some European Countries that I visited back in the 80's (around Easter) I started collecting eggs.  And I also hand painted empty egg shells as gifts while living in Germany.   I found this old vintage egg carrier- I don't know where or when.  But it has held the eggs all these years.  None of these are mine-  I inked brown egg shells with black....they were wonderful. They were all given as gifts.... in small baskets with shredded brown paper as a nest. Simple yet elegant.

I started and finished Katherine Center's book Things You Save In A Fire.  I'd read it before (many times) and had it confused with another book....of hers....so I was happy to see I had ordered the WRONG book at the Library. Because it turned out to be the "RIGHT" book.  Now I need to buy a copy.  I have her books the Bodyguard and the RomCommers in the bookcase here at home....I need to add more to this author's section.  The Bodyguard is one of my favorite books.  And now the RomCommers is a very close second.

I select books to deal with emotional issues I am having........like self medication.  It's what I do.  Not all books work the way I need them to work..which is why I am so careful with what I read.

I admit to reading only so far in a book and then closing it and never finishing it.   I read a great deal and I am very very picky.... I do not suffer thru a badly written book.  I have stopped reading at the first paragraph of a book.. even a NYT's Best Seller- -.and have never gone back to it.  And never will.

I read everyday- a book a day at times if I have 7 good ones.   With a really good book- I will finish the last page and turn back to the first page and read it all again....immediately.  I read one very good book three times in a week.

Well, I have to order the book I wanted to read from the Maine Library service...My library has none of  Katherine Center's books.....I will photo copy the cover and  drop the images off at the locally owned bookstore...see if the owners can get me copies.....we'll see.  I have a list of her books now...