Life With fingernails that shine like justice Shawshank, January 1, 2021 Well I’ll address the elephant in the room, happy New Years! Let’s all say goodbye to the dumpster fire that was 2020, and say a hearty hello to 2021. I was impressed with myself. I actually stayed up and made it to midnight. I’m now off until Tuesday. I may go in Monday morning for… Continue Reading
Lockup Library First Impressions – The Guest List Shawshank, January 1, 2021 So this is a new thing I want to try out. I’m calling it “First Impressions”. I’m only a handful of pages into The Guest List by Lucy Foley, and I just want to talk about what I’m thinking about the book as I read the opening chapters. It’s gonna be a wild ride, methinks.… Continue Reading
Life If I can’t have you right now – I’ll wait dear Shawshank, January 2, 2021 Good morning, happy Saturday! At least I think it’s Saturday. When you don’t leave the house, the days kinda bleed together. I’m pretty sure it’s Saturday today. Coffee is brewing. I wonder what today will bring. I don’t know if any movies will play today, as we finished Endgame yesterday. My dad really enjoyed both… Continue Reading
Tiny Town Home Video X-Files – Pilot Shawshank, January 2, 2021 I ran to the store to get a back of chips. Before I left, Shady Acres was going to stay awake. The plan was to watch a movie. When I got back, the house was sleeping. I didn’t want to start a movie, because I know that’s when they’d all wake up, and I’d probably… Continue Reading
Life Tie me up like I’m surprised Shawshank, January 3, 2021 I’ve been up for 15 minutes. I dragged myself out of bed this morning. I almost fell back asleep after my alarm went off, but I willed myself to roll out of bed. I get up, get dressed, and brushed my teeth. I stumble out into the kitchen to make coffee. I just get the… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Book Club Book Club – The Guest List Shawshank, January 3, 2021 Welcome back to The Lockup Library Book Club! A book club for the new year! On that note, happy new year as well! Like the title says this weeks book club is The Guest List by Lucy Foley. I’m about 70% of the way through it. I have a hard time putting it down, it… Continue Reading
Life Every silver lining has a touch of grey Shawshank, January 4, 2021 Good morning everyone! Welcome to the first Monday of 2021! I’ve been up on and off since 7, when my alarm would normally go off. I woke up because I though I again slept through the alarm. Breaking News; I didn’t. I kind of slept and didn’t sleep until my alarm scared the crap out… Continue Reading
Lockup Library Why do you read? Shawshank, January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 I read for a number of reasons. Before, I didn’t have anything else to do. So I read to pass the time. I hoarded books under my bed. I think before I left, I had about 20 books in my “TBR” or to be read pile. Some of them looked promising, others were junk that… Continue Reading