Thanks Anne. Yeah I had a knee replacement at the end of November, but it is on track and more PT starts next week. I feel okay taking it easy till I get it going.
I hope you like Keegan. She writes very short fiction but she is a master of brevity and the situations and relations she writes about. I think this was my third book of hers. I hope she writes more. Cheers & Happy 2024! ps. I’ll check out your year end post.

I didn’t realize you were recovering from knee surgery. Baby them! No skiing for a while.

Happy New Year!

My end of the year post about favorite books and blog posts

Thanks Jane. Good to hear from you. I’m thinking I need to reread those spooky stories. All of them are pretty good. Keegan’s last story in the collection had a bit of a wallop to it. Wishing you a Happy New Year too. Happy retirement!

Thanks AJ — we had a nice quiet (barely white) Christmas here. Willow was definitely terrified of Santa …. but she’s actually too sweet to be on the naughty list. But we had to high-tail it out of there because she was done with Santa.
Hope your Christmas was happy! & you received some books. Cheers!

Yay Lesley, glad you got some new books for Christmas. I’ll visit your site soon to see what’s up there. All is pretty mellow here. Now we’ve taken a two day trip to Crowsnest Pass area for some cross-country skiing (Robert) … and I am hanging out. I’m at 1 month now with the new knee and all feels on schedule. I can return to some more activities at 3 months. And we are getting a spin bike in January which I hope will help strengthen it.
I hope you & Rod had a great Christmas at the Cove … as well as your Mom. Happy reading.

Happy New Year!

I’m looking forward to getting a copy of the new Claire Keegan book. I got a couple of books for Christmas, which is always fun. Plus, I gave some to my mom, which I’ll wind up reading once she’s finished. Win, win!

Cheers!

Thanks Harvee. Lol. Yeah there were treats there but it was pretty crazy. One dog was going for the treats, the other dog was trying to run away from Santa. So the photo was taken quickly. Happy holidays as well! & happy reading.

Thanks Iliana, good to hear from you. I think the recovery will take a good 6 months at least but I’m doing all right. Our dogs are my lifeline and laughline. lol. We had fun with Santa. I hope your Christmas is great too! Merry Merry.