Sunday morning. And, as I write this, I see the sun has just come out. It’s a fickle thing, the sun. It emerges for a couple of hours, tricking us into thinking the entire day will be sunny, and then it hides behind clouds for the rest of the day, leaving us feeling betrayed somehow. So I hope it remains sunny, but I’m not counting on it.

I just finished another James Lee Burke – this one was Glass Rainbow. There was a time when I read every new book in the Dave Robicheaux series and then I didn’t. I’m not sure why, though I suspect it had to do with that period when I was reviewing books right and left and had very little time to read for pleasure. I read his newest and was blown away once again by his writing. So I went back to pick up the four or five books that I missed and I’m almost caught up. Burke is a poet, a man of the South whose writing is achingly beautiful even as he is writing about murder and detectives and brutality. I put Burke and Louise Penny at the top of my Favorite Writers List. That’s another reason I haven’t started Penny’s newest, though it’s sitting here on my coffee table. I usually delay that pleasure, knowing that I have it ready and waiting for the perfect time to dig in, but I’m also in Burke mode and I don’t want to leave that world yet.

I’m starting Creole Belle  today. He writes about Louisiana and the bayou and New Orleans and I must admit, his work resonates even more with me now that I’ve spent time in New Orleans. Heavens, he is good.

What else? There’s a new theater company in a neighboring town. They’ve built a small black box theater and their second show is in previews right now. Don has been supportive of them since the beginning because the little theater is very near to where he often takes photos and he knows the owner and the artistic director. Theaters need audiences to thrive and a theater that is just starting out struggles with building an audience. So we’re going to a matinee of their newest production – a new play by a young playwright. Don went to their opening production and was very impressed by their work.

We’re going to head out a little early and stop by the bookstore and maybe grab a bite to eat in our favorite vegan restaurant.

Happy Sunday.