Litwit Lounge discussion

June again!



How is everyone? Stop in when you can, let us know what's on your mind. :)

Love the picture, Reggia. First thing that popped into my head when I saw it was To the Lighthouse, which I just finished yesterday. Hope your June will be great.

Thanks, Dan -- good to see you. :)

I am 20 pages from the end of To The Lighthouse; hopefully we can discuss it more now.

Happy June, everyone! The approaching weekend is on my mind...and books are waiting for me to read them. ;)

Hi Callista! Happy reading to you!

I need to get busy with my current book pile now instead of surfing the net with this insomnia. I've got a couple already started:

A Tale of Two Cities
Marie Antoinette: A Journey (finally returned to this and intend to finish this time!)
The World According to Bertie

Sorry to hear about the insomnia. Do you find reading helps put you to sleep or does it just wake you up completely?

Reading usually puts me to sleep but my problem was that I was so hyped up, I couldn't settle down and let myself read. Doing much better now, and am fairly certain the problem was related to a supplement I was taking. Apparently a small percentage of people react to it this way, lol, I wanted to go out and run in the middle of the night and I don't even like running!

Anyway, how is everyone today? Hope everyone has a great week!

I agree about all that data racing through your head but you may have misunderstood a little, the problem with the computer was that I couldn't seem to turn it off. The SAM-e wasn't truly a medication -- just a supplement but I decided to give it up and keep my sanity. ;) It took a few days but I'm feeling more like myself now.

I enjoy the minor league baseball, too. Not only is it less money but less hassle getting to the stadium, parking and crowds. And this may sound strange but I think they're more interesting to watch -- lots more action from base to base.

I don't like to run, either--night time or any time. ;)
Charly is right, though, in other instances. We all have things we shouldn't do before bed because they just rev our brains up too much. I tried to explain this to a friend who likes to e-mail people in the middle of the night about how she can't sleep, but she just won't listen...!

Charly and Reggia,

In my opinion, minor league baseball is the best form of live entertainment there is. Which leagues/teams to do get to see? I live in Albuquerque, so I go to the Isotopes games as often as I can. No better way to spend a summer evening than that.

Although living here in Mesa, where so many teams winter for spring training, I haven't seen a game in at least 4 years. But I am from Maryland and as loyal as I am to the Orioles, I've seen the Bowie Baysox play more often.

That sounds very poetic, Charly, and brings back memories of summers elsewhere -- not the golf but those "lengthening shadows" in a summer evening slowly growing cool.

I just put my daughter on the plane to visit back family & friends back east. Now I am free to concentrate on the demand list, e.g. possible move, education, decluttering.

Temperatures have been lower here than normal for which I am very thankful. :)

Anybody have vacation plans for the summer? and for those on the other side of the planet, are you ready for winter?

Charly,

The way I play golf wouldn't be relaxing even on a pleasant summer evening, although the setting does sound very nice.

The cottage near the beach sounds wonderful! (I haven't seen the ocean for more than 2 years.) Are you leaving for vacation soon?

Well, maybe next summer but it may be the west coast.

How's the weather?

We have been so fortunate so far this June, temps have been under 100°. Just a few days left, so I've got to get out and enjoy them!

Similar problems all over, I think, Gabi.
Sorry it's been so cold, but I'm sure the moisture is useful.

I have just given up saying anything. I have to clamp my jaws shut.

Hey, hey, hey, we'll have none of that. You just keep chatting away. Please, don't make me beg. ;) LOL, I'm exhausted, truly, but dashed in for a moment ... will be alert and present in the morning.

I'm anxiously awaiting for a call back on possibly one of my paintings to be sold each one is a little different and I just hope this one sells .But reading really helps when all you can do is wait . Still reading tale of two cities reggia ?

Hi Vicky,

Well, I still have a bookmark placed about halfway in A Tale of Two Cities. I cannot believe I have reached the day when I would become too busy or preoccupied to read. I still get in a few pages a night but it is a manuscript that a friend wanted to get my feedback on ... and something completely different than what I would normally read but I am caught up in it.

Did you receive a call back for your painting? How long have you been painting?

We just had the most wonderful June weather, for Phoenix, that is. High temps were below 100° for more than two weeks; it was glorious! Not only the nicest June in my 5 years here but historically the nicest one since 1913. LOL, well, the party's over -- 112 today & yesterday and guess that's it until September. :(

Okay, looking forward to it...

Wow, what a great painting! You're so talented! :)

She certainly is! It's a wonderful painting, and a precious memory to treasure in more ways than one. :)