The Boys in the Boat

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This morning the temperature was 65 degrees.  It rained before I left and after I got home but not a drop fell on me while I walked.

I walked down the main road, around the two cemeteries, and around town.

Saw a man walking his two little dogs, a couple of rabbits and a couple of critters who didn't make it across the street in time.

Walked 5.4 miles.

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I spent a good part of the day reading my book for the book club meeting this evening.  I would read for an hour and then do some something around the house for a half hour and then read for another hour.  I did that a couple of times and finished it.  The book is The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown.  It is non-fiction book about the 9 men of an oar crew from the University of Washington who go on to win the Gold in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.  The book focuses on Joe life but is about all of them.  I thought the book was excellent and highly recommend it.  You don't even have to be interested in rowing for it to grab your attention and keep it through the whole book.  It is a book that I would not have selected on my own to read and that is one reason why I like the book club.

I thought of you Ruta when I read it and since your husband rows and I think he would especially like it.  : )

My book club usually meets on Wednesday but it was changed to Thursday this month because it is not just the usual book club members but was open to anyone who read the book and the moderator was a women from the college.  14 of us attended and we had quite a lively discussion.  Everyone thought the book was great.

Hope you all enjoyed your day.
In just a little while I will be having my ice cream - chocolate chip mint.
happyone : )

 You know you have read a good book

when you turn the last page 

and feel a little as if you've lost a friend.

~ Paul Sweeney

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Kim, here's my blue nail polish.  Go ahead and get some blue and have fun. : )