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Recommending: A Book and A British Series

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another sunset

The gorgeous sunsets just keep on coming here at Mockingbird Hill Cottage.

Oh, friends, I’m sharing a book review over at Just Finish This Page that I want you to read. I hope I’ve written it in a way that makes you want to get a hold of the book ASAP and dive right on in. It’s titled Small Blessings: A Novel and it’s by Martha Woodroof. I simply loved it. I can’t say it enough. I know you will love it, too. It’s wise and funny and charming and moving and uplifting. So please stop by the other blog and read about the book. I don’t normally wax rhapsodic on both blogs about a book, but I am so much in love with this novel that I’m throwing caution to the winds.

Speaking of waxing rhapsodic, if you haven’t watched any of Last Tango in Halifax, do. It usually airs on PBS. I believe there have been two seasons. We caught the second season on PBS and are now watching the first season on Netflix. It stars Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid and a cast of wonderful actors. When I say wonderful, I truly mean it. Such amazing work by each and every one of them that Don and I are enthralled. It’s about many of the same things Small Blessings is about: second chances, the yearning to be loved, finding one’s way through life. Brilliant.

Also very, very happy that Newsroom is back on HBO, along with The Comeback. Sunday night was a happy night here at the cottage. This is Newsroom’s final season which makes me very sad, indeed.

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Don bought this little tin for me in New Haven. I love it. I don’t know about you but I have a lot of random crap. Love the graphics.

We’ve been taking Scoutie on walks on the grounds of our little library. She likes it there and she invariably does a little gallop down the sloping driveway. Adorable – a word I seem to be using fairly frequently to describe my girl. Can’t help it. The other day we walked by the little pizzeria in our town, succumbed to the aromas coming out of the building, and the next thing we knew, Don was inside ordering a pizza.

Here’s Scout, waiting with me for her dad to come out of that door.

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He’s right inside that window!

Happy Wednesday.

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Autumn in the Mountains

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Late in the afternoon yesterday, we decided to go on a hike up in the mountains. It was warmish and lovely. This is the first time we’ve been up there in Autumn.

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Glorious. Our shoulders dropped, the endorphins kicked in, and all this is about a mile or two from our door.

And in case you missed it, I posted this photo of Scout on the blog’s Facebook page yesterday. A bit blurry, but adorable nonetheless.

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Scout, in an uncharacteristic move, put her paws up on the arm of the loveseat and looked right at me like she was ready to have a little chat. Don grabbed his iPhone and called her name and this was the result. That smile will melt your heart.

I’m in love, love, love with this picture.

By the way, the MHC Facebook Page has been neglected lately, as has my Instagram page. I’ve even considered deleting the FB page. Between writing two blogs and all my other responsibilities, it’s hard to keep IG and FB in the forefront of my daily thoughts, nor do I feel the need to most of the time. I’ll try to be better, but frankly, that’s just the way it is sometimes!

My dad is a WWII Veteran who has never romanticized war and has nightmares about his experiences as a young soldier to this day. In honor of our Veterans, may we strive to find a way to end war and the destruction and heartbreak it brings.

Happy Tuesday.

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The Pack

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A certain someone is ensconced in that yellow chair as I write this.

A dog, who is usually in my tunnel, is sleeping next to him.

It’s a sunny and beautiful day and the Mockingbird Hill Cottage pack is back together again.

I drove to New Haven and landed at the theater in time to meet Don at the stage door as the closing performance ended. I chatted with the cast (such lovely people) and then joined them all onstage for a final toast with the Artistic Director, who also directed Our Town.

Then we loaded up the car and drove home (with a stop at Trader Joe’s, of course.)

Scout was thrilled to see her dad. It took her a moment or two to realize it was him, but then…oh, such a happy girl!

Since we had grabbed a late lunch on the way home, I scrambled some eggs and Don made some toast and that was dinner.

We were saving room for a decadent chocolate cake we bought at Trader Joe’s. We had to celebrate, don’t you think? It was so incredibly good that I’m still thinking about it.

Meanwhile, Don was suitably awed by the new television and we watched a great documentary on Netflix, 20 Feet from Stardom. It’s about backup singers and it won the Oscar last year.

I recommend it highly. Very moving. Beautifully done.

Happy Saturday.

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