Monday, November 25, 2024

Weekly update: placemats + reading




On Friday I showed a photo of nine-patch blocks that I made out of the border fabric from the bingo board blocks.  I said I had no plan for them.  Well, they had plans for me -- and here is what happened.  The placemats will be donated to the guild for one of the agencies it supports.

Speaking of the guild, this week I need to make an ornament for the exchange at next week's holiday party. I also need to fill the gift box for which I made this runner.   

Our Thanksgiving will be the two of us which is just fine.  S has good days and less-good days but overall his cognition is declining.  Fortunately he can still negotiate the stairs to the basement so that he can sit next to me when I sew (and we watch TV).  

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I've spent the month in Blue Deer, Montana -- armchair traveling, that is.

Jamie Harrison has written five mysteries set in this southwestern Montana town.  The main character is Jules Clement, a hometown kid who went away to college (PhD. in archaeology) and returned  for a visit that became long-term when he was elected sheriff.   He  knows pretty much everyone in the county (and is related to many of them).  There are many incomers as well.   Each book has a large cast of characters.  I gave up on keeping track of when each one joined the story.   There are rollicking adventures, wry humor, some romance, some archaeology, and of course a lot of dead bodies.

The first book was published in 1995 and the newest came out this year.   In between mysteries Harrison wrote two stand alone novels that I will look up.






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1 comment:

  1. Our guild makes Christmas placemats for the meals on wheels organization to include when they deliver the Christmas meals. Thank you for the book review!

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