I've Been Tagged

Mardel tagged me for the Book Meme.

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Turn to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and acknowledge who tagged you.


I must admit that the nearest book was Iris Apfel, Rare Bird of Fashion, but page 123 was one of the many photo pages, and had no text at all.

So, the second book I laid hands on was a new mystery from Jo Dereske called Index to Murder, A Miss Zukas Mystery.

"Sometimes in abandoned places, too." He nodded in the direction of Meriwether's crumbling home.
Helma cast one last look at the burl high in the tree and began slowly but purposefully walking back toward the house and shop. The others followed her, as she knew they would, compelled by human instinct.


If you like mysteries and you haven't read the Miss Zukas books, you need to start. The main character is a librarian, and the writing is just delightful. As a librarian friend said when we were discussing the difficulties of finding not-too-gory, not-too-creepy, and not-too-sexy books for one's mother or similar persons, "Oh yes, what you want are books that everyone can enjoy". So now my sister and I use this description when looking for books for our mother, who's a very picky, yet voracious reader.

And now, for my victims I will tag Barbara, Gaile, Patty, Charity and Mimi.

I've Been Tagged

(& You May Be Next!)

Mardel, at Purls & Murmurs tagged me. As Mardel noted on her own blog, at first a brief moment of panic struck, but then it sounded like fun.

Here are the Rules:

• Someone Tags you
• You post 5 things about yourself that you haven't already mentioned on your blog
• You tag 5 people about whom you'd like to know more

So, 5 things I haven't talked about.

I have a degree in Vocal Performance, and am a classically trained Soprano.

I can drive a grain truck. Also a tractor and a combine.

Although it's apparently almost a given now for women to admit that they never wanted to be the Princess who was waiting for Prince Charming to slay the dragon, etc., and that instead they wanted to be Prince Charming, or at least do all the exciting things he got to do, I really only ever wanted to be the Princess. Not that I was going to just sit there waiting, but I didn't want to do all those other things anyway. I'm perfectly happy being a very traditional kind of woman, although I would never want to go back to the days when that was all that was available to women. I simply happen to be one who likes that particular lifestyle, and was lucky enough to get it. Strangely enough, I don't identify one bit with any group I've heard of that is supposed to be for this type of thing. I simply want to do what I want to do, and they can do what they want to do. The end.

Probably the thing that I hate the most is people telling other people what to do. I have never understood why they didn't just do what they want, and let others have the same privilege. Not attempting to control others appears to be an impossible thing for some people, but I often think it's one of the worst things you can do as a person, and even more so if you're a person with some sort of power or authority over others. It's just mean.

I am the first tea drinker in a long Swedish line of coffee drinkers, and they do wonder about me a little.



That was surprisingly hard! Now, who shall I tag?
I will tag:
Off the Cuff
Fiberly One
Stitches & Seams
CraftLit
Couture et Tricot