yesterday we celebrated becoming real authors of an ebook so we went on a little road trip through the South Louisiana country side. We took a country road through the swampy area around lake Pontchartrain checking out a potential camping spot for the fall. While laughing and singing and having a good ole fashioned road trip we stopped at a lil mom and pop and bought us some hot tamales and I got a qt of beer to wash mine down with (Peg was driving) May not seem like much of a purchase but they were a real spicy treat and the whole trip was a much needed break from the whole publishing thing. We feel better and are plotting some kind of lil vacation before we dive in to writing again.
The End of Sleep - Rowan Somerville Favourite Sherlock Holmes Stories - ACD Bulldog Drummond - Sapper Last Orders at Harrods - An African Tale - Michael Holman Because I liked the covers and they were 4 for £1 in a local fire-salvage shop, all mint condition too!
An injection of atropine, an injection of penicillin, an injection of some kind of pain killer, and a 28-count pack of 250 mg Cephalexin for my dog who decided that a red ant pile would a great place to take a crap.
A sixteen ounce black coffee and a package of Little Debbie powdered sugar donuts from the BP station.
Large bottle of Montmorency Cherry juice concentrate. Man, I LOVE that stuff! Best thirst quencher in the Known Universe.
I had a glass of milk post-general anaesthetic once. I can assure you milk is not thirst quenching. Leather tongue when I reawoke some time later!
Does the job for me, mucka! A cheap, Zippo-style lighter. I don't even smoke, but I think they're iconic and lovely to play with when searching for inspiration.
Not counting food and drink, I think the most recent thing I bought was an Amazon Echo unit and associated hardware (WiFi, etc.). I'm getting used to it. Now, when I have a question about, say, the melting point of lead, I just say, "Alexa! What's the melting point of lead?" and she tells me. If I want to know the distance from Moscow to Sydney, I just ask her and she tells me. If I want to know the weather in Cape Town, she tells me. If I want to hear "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas, she plays it for me (and her speakers are pretty good!). The Echo is a pretty cool piece of tech.
I drink more milk than you, so trust me, it's not a dislike for milk that disagrees that it's thirst quenching
