We Finished!

At 11:48 pm on Sunday July 29, I finished finished the last sentence of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows to my girls.

I know, I said we wouldn't read again until Monday, but the relatives visiting from Texas left at 8:30 and we seized the time!

It was very good but I am still digesting it. My hat is off to J. K. Rowling for intricate plotting. She must have a very devious mind. Some people may consider it heretical, but I would have to say she gives Lois McMaster Bujold a run for her money in plot complexity, though not quite in characters. (Ducks rotten vegetables heading this way.)

Kids!

So my teenage daughter comes home and says, "Guess what I did today when I was going to my dance class at Northeastern?"

I make random absurd guesses to which she says, "Nope, not even close. I rescued a chicken that was stuck in a cemetery fence!" Note that we live urban area of nearly 3 million people.

Only my kid...