Friday, February 12, 2021

A How Did We Do Weekly Link Round-Up

 
 
If the weeks get any quieter here at Casa Kittling, I'll have to forego the introduction and skip straight to the links! 
 
The photo shows me not caring about the recent Super Bowl. Nope, Denis was at work, and I spent the evening knitting an afghan (surprise, surprise) and watching Law & Order: UK courtesy of Acorn TV. The last time I watched this program I was in England, so I'm glad that I can watch it here now. As I told a friend, since I stay at home all the time, since Denis is English, and since 99% of the television I watch is British, it's a miracle that I don't speak with an English accent. (It would probably be a northern English accent, by the way.)

So what's this about "how did we do"? We have a lot of deliveries between groceries and other items. Formerly, the only problems we had were with FedEx, whose drivers liked to throw packages over the fence and onto the rocks to bake in the desert sun till someone was home to fetch them. Normally, we have excellent service from Amazon, but today someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed and frisbeed one of Denis's purchases over the fence where it almost landed in the middle of the barrel cactus. Denis took a photo for the inevitable "how did we do?" email and added the message "Not so good. If the packaging didn't have any aerodynamics, it wouldn't have landed on the property at all."

But that's life, isn't it? Some days the packages are right at the door. Other days, it takes awhile to track them down. Which reminds me. I'd better go track those links down. Someone left the gate to the corral open. Head 'em up! Moooove 'em out!

 
►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
 
►The Happy Wanderer◄
 
►Masters (or Beginners) of Their Craft◄
 
►I ♥ Lists◄

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

21 comments:

  1. I have a great mental picture of that package by the cactus, and Denis' 'photo of it, Cathy. What a great way to answer the 'How'd We Do?' question! I have to admit, I watch a lot of British TV, too, on Acorn, Britbox, etc.. I can see what appeals to you about it. And I'll probably speak with a British accent, too, after I get back from my visit to that Anglo-Saxon cemetery/treasure trove...

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  2. I didn't even know there was a Law & Order UK! I love epistolary novels, though, so I'm going now to check that link.

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    1. You're not the only one who didn't know that our Law & Order had crossed the pond.

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  3. And life goes on, doesn't it? I just got home from a curbside pickup of our weekly grocery order, and I'm about to head out to the library to pick up my weekly order there...three to return, two to pick up. It's scary how comfortable I'm becoming with this lifestyle.

    You mention speaking with a British accent. Denis would probably not agree, but I've found that my favorite of the countless British accents is a Scottish-flavored one, especially as spoken by children. I was reminded of that this week as I watched the Case Histories series from BBC1 that is set in Edinburgh. There's a little girl on the show that has completely captured my heart by the way she talks and her facial expressions. Good stuff.

    Oh, and by the way, if Tim Cook can end Facebook, I'm ready to canonize him...and hope that he will move on to Twitter next.

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    1. I love accents, and since many of my ancestors came from Yorkshire, Northumberland, and the Highlands, I tend to be fondest of those. But I've spent enough time with my Lancashire husband and his family to feel that that particular accent is the one that "sounds right".

      The only accent I've had a real problem with is a very thick Glaswegian one. Denis laughed when he saw the look of utter confusion on my face.

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  4. I hear a lot about packages these days. My husband is a mail carrier for the USPS. The package volume continues to grow and they don't have enough people to deliver them. I think the other companies are in the same boat. Some days they just have more packages than is humanly possible to deliver. Still, that is no excuse for tossing your package in the cactus.

    I just started reading Meet Me at the Museum by Anne Youngson so I am curious to read the article about epistolary novels.

    Have a good weekend!

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    1. Here in Phoenix, the USPS has been doing an exemplary job against all odds. I really appreciate what these conscientious delivery people are doing!

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  5. Wow. Instead of flying saucers and UFO's, you have flying packages.

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  6. I was so glad to see the news from Yellowstone, especially after enjoying A Solitude of Wolverines.

    And my parents say that I spent a semester of pre-school coming home with an English accent after being around the visiting teacher's aide. I know I start 'hearing' the regional accent (or my idea of it) mentally depending on a book's setting.

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  7. Kudos to USPS delivery people! I know some retired postal workers, and they worked so hard.
    I like English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish accents. I admit that when I watched Bloody Scotland, with everyone having different accents (how many are there?) that I had to use the captions, alhtough many of those are hilariously wrong. A strong Glaswegian accent is hard, but Denise Mina's is understandable.
    I couldn't watch some Ken Loach movies years ago, set in Scotland, because I couldn't understand a word.
    I like Irish accents, have Irish heritage.

    By the way, I was watching the PP interview with Jane Harper, about "The Survivor," and Barbara Peters said she has to read 200 books a month. But, even though she reads quickly, she said she does "book triage," and doesn't finish all of them or skips to the ending when she doesn't like the book. So I will relegate books I do not like to "book triage," too.

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    1. Yes, I've used Barbara Peters' book triage, too. It comes in handy.

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  8. Although she admitted she has a skill for reading quickly.

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    1. Yes. She's told us more than once that she's a speed reader. She has to be in order to get through the number of books she has to get through each month.

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  9. Although she does book triage or just looks at the end of books shr'e bored with. She confessed to that.

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    1. I know, Kathy. Please don't forget that I not only patronize The Poisoned Pen, but I also do volunteer work for them and have spoken with Barbara countless times. She's also talked about her reading habits many times during events. When she and her husband go on cruises,for example, she has boxes of books with her.

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  10. I did not know that you volunteer for them. I do know you go to the events. I was rather taken with the "book triage" phrase and will adopt it and duly credit her.

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  11. And I get enthusiastic and want to write down exciting things.

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