I brought one of my favorite [tag]Carl Hiaasen[/tag] novels, Stormy Weather, to reread on the plane. Maybe that was a mistake. Within hours of arriving in [tag]Lake County[/tag] it was raining like the end of the world. Then the terrifying lightening began (and I am a native [tag]Floridian[/tag], if I say lightening was terrifying, it was terrifying). Then the weather alert radio went off and we got reports of funnel clouds on the ground just miles from here in [tag]Eustis[/tag]. Poor Eustis. [tag]Tornados[/tag] are no good.
It was an interesting night, to say the least, but no damage to Mom’s neighborhood. Mom went into [tag]Red Cross[/tag] Mode today and I will no doubt join her tomorrow.
It’s of course a beautiful sunny day now with blue skies, but more bad weather is rolling in tonight. Mom and I were going to go to St. Augustine but those plans have changed.
I stand corrected: I didn’t bring Stormy Weather to read, I brought [tag]Sara Paratsky[/tag]’s [tag]V.I. Warshawski[/tag] novel, Blacklist. So I don’t feel like I brought a harbinger, unless there’s some sort of wacky old Chicago money-type family monkey business going on around here that can only be solved by a tough P.I. with a heart of gold and a love of hockey.
I met CH in KW…he signed some books for me and we chatted a bit. His books are MOST excellent and perhaps my finest acquisition for AUL was getting them to order Skin Tight; back in the good ol’ days of George being in charge of Acquisitions…may have pre-dated your sentence.
Excellent. Good to see you can comment despite the template change. This is a newer version so I hoped that bug was gone.
Have you read the new(ish)/latest one? Most amusing. I just added an addendum to this post, I brought a book I hadn’t read, but I do still plan to reread stormy weather cause damn is it funny.
Oh, and I think I was there then. George was still in Acq at any rate, though on his way upstairs at the time I think. I’ve repressed most of that time. Or killed those brain cells at all those midnight happy hours…