Hello again. Welcome to another Sunday Update. Oh, and Happy Mother's Day.
Still no writing. And this week ain't lookin' good neither. Editing? Umm...
I did do some marketing, cuz like Blink is on sale and junk. I also set up a sale and advertising for the genie books later this month. Fingers crossed that keeps my May from tanking entirely because so far, May has tanked.
Reading this week was interesting. I DNF'd like 4 books. Bleh. I finished three good ones, though, so it wasn't a total wash.
I was active 5 out of 7 days last week. The scale said I was at 178.4. Not great, but I'll take it. And as long I remember that the scale used to say 194, it's all good. Now that summer's coming, I'll be eating more fruit and salad. Right now, though, I'm less worried about what I'm eating than whether I'm moving my body more often than walking from the office to the living room and back. In positive news, I ran into someone I hadn't seen in a while and she asked me if I'd lost weight, so that's a good thing.
Part of the activity last week was fishing. They opened the park for the summer. Yay! Unfortunately, they closed off one part of it because of the rising lake level. But it meant more walking while carrying fishing equipment which upped my activity level a bit. Sometimes fishing is just standing in a spot and casting. Not exactly a calorie burning thing. Oh, and I actually caught some fish. Didn't keep any, but it was nice to get a few on the line.
Speaking of the rising lake level, it rained damned near every day this past week. The week ahead looks drier. That'll be nice.
No baking occurred. Whew, I think my baking-spree has come to an end. Maybe. Who knows when the mad baker will strike again. Probably after I go to the store and pick up more pizza sauce. Or when Hubs runs out of cookies.
The deer are getting fatter by the day. I can't wait for fawns!
And I think that's it. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know. In the meantime, how was your week?
Sunday, May 12, 2019
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Saturday Reading Wrap-up - 5/11/19
Not the best of weeks for finishing books. But I did knock down some of the unread books on my Kindle, so I guess that's a good thing. ANd I did finish three, so not the worst week either.
I picked up 4 new ebooks this week - a paranormal romantic suspense, a fantasy, a fantasy suspense, and a mystery. So I was back at 10 unread ebooks. Except I read one already. Then I DNF'd one. Eight left to read. I also stopped by the thrift store and got 4 paperbacks - a romantic suspense (Allison Brennan), a suspense (Helen McInnes), a kid's lit (The Secret Garden), and an old writing book (How to Write and Speak Effective English 1966) for my collection.
Books Read:
40) Crash & Burn by Silver James (5/10/19) - Paranormal Romantic Suspense* - 5 stars. Not new to me, and a new release of sorts so definitely not appreciated yet. Mine was the first review on Goodreads. I hope there are tons more to follow. Paid the limited time release price of $1.99
Review: " I read this when it first came out, and it was awesome then. This new version is awesome to the next degree. I love Derek and Kit so much, and I'm so glad Ms. James got a chance to expand on their story. Took it to a whole other level. SQUEE!"
39) Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh (5/9/19) - Mystery - 5 stars. Neither new to me nor underappreciated. Got this at the thrift store for 50c.
Review: "I've loved every Roderick Alleyn novel I've stumbled across so far. This is no exception."
38) The Devil's Pets by Alex Siegel (5/5/19) - UF*# - 5-stars. New to me and underappreciated. Picked this up for free off the Reading Deals newsletter.
Review: " Wow, that was totally awesome. Urban fantasy meets serial killer thriller. Definitely not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach, but totally badass. I'd say more, but then I'd be dropping spoilers and I hate that. Suffice it to say, it was a wild ride."
DNFs:
5/10/19 - ?. Despite being billed as a historical suspense/thriller, it hopped between back then and today - neither of which were either suspenseful or thrilling. The first 10% seemed like all backstory and I wasn't in the mood to wade through it all to get to the suspenseful and thrilling part. DNF'ing this one was too bad because I was really looking forward to this one based on the blurb. Bummer. Paid $0.
5/7/19 - SF. Meh. I was kind of into it and then some things occurred and I realized I didn't really care what was going to happen anymore. It did read like several other books I've already read all mushed together. Not the author's intent, I'm sure, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Paid $0.
5/6/19 - Chick Lit Suspense. If you're going to write in present tense, don't litter it with so many flashbacks. The tense changes were giving me whiplash. Paid: $0.
5/6/19 - Suspense. Ugh. Does everything have to have a brand name? I don't care which device he was recording the witness statement on, what type of shoes he was wearing, what kind of tea she drank... I'm with Joe Friday - just the facts. And how could anyone write "...he left the scene, his head shaking like a top heavy blancmange*."? Let alone leave it in the final draft. Someone should've flicked the author in the back of the head during editing. My editor would throttle me soundly for even trying to keep a line like that. I tried to keep going but when I got to that line, I shook my head and gave up. Paid: $0
Currently reading... I started a historical suspense last night. Not far enough into it to know whether it'll be a keeper yet. (ETA: It wasn't. I DNF'd it and forgot to update this part before it went live.)
What things did you read last week? I hope not as many DNFs crossed your reading paths as did mine.
* it's a French dessert, by the way. If I didn't watch cooking shows, I would never have had a clue what the hell the author was trying to say there. And, I still have no clue how a top heavy one would shake. It put me in mind of a shivering chihuahua and that's not a look you want for the MC of a suspense novel.
I picked up 4 new ebooks this week - a paranormal romantic suspense, a fantasy, a fantasy suspense, and a mystery. So I was back at 10 unread ebooks. Except I read one already. Then I DNF'd one. Eight left to read. I also stopped by the thrift store and got 4 paperbacks - a romantic suspense (Allison Brennan), a suspense (Helen McInnes), a kid's lit (The Secret Garden), and an old writing book (How to Write and Speak Effective English 1966) for my collection.
Books Read:
40) Crash & Burn by Silver James (5/10/19) - Paranormal Romantic Suspense* - 5 stars. Not new to me, and a new release of sorts so definitely not appreciated yet. Mine was the first review on Goodreads. I hope there are tons more to follow. Paid the limited time release price of $1.99
Review: " I read this when it first came out, and it was awesome then. This new version is awesome to the next degree. I love Derek and Kit so much, and I'm so glad Ms. James got a chance to expand on their story. Took it to a whole other level. SQUEE!"
39) Singing in the Shrouds by Ngaio Marsh (5/9/19) - Mystery - 5 stars. Neither new to me nor underappreciated. Got this at the thrift store for 50c.
Review: "I've loved every Roderick Alleyn novel I've stumbled across so far. This is no exception."
38) The Devil's Pets by Alex Siegel (5/5/19) - UF*# - 5-stars. New to me and underappreciated. Picked this up for free off the Reading Deals newsletter.
Review: " Wow, that was totally awesome. Urban fantasy meets serial killer thriller. Definitely not for the faint of heart or the weak of stomach, but totally badass. I'd say more, but then I'd be dropping spoilers and I hate that. Suffice it to say, it was a wild ride."
DNFs:
5/10/19 - ?. Despite being billed as a historical suspense/thriller, it hopped between back then and today - neither of which were either suspenseful or thrilling. The first 10% seemed like all backstory and I wasn't in the mood to wade through it all to get to the suspenseful and thrilling part. DNF'ing this one was too bad because I was really looking forward to this one based on the blurb. Bummer. Paid $0.
5/7/19 - SF. Meh. I was kind of into it and then some things occurred and I realized I didn't really care what was going to happen anymore. It did read like several other books I've already read all mushed together. Not the author's intent, I'm sure, but that's the way it goes sometimes. Paid $0.
5/6/19 - Chick Lit Suspense. If you're going to write in present tense, don't litter it with so many flashbacks. The tense changes were giving me whiplash. Paid: $0.
5/6/19 - Suspense. Ugh. Does everything have to have a brand name? I don't care which device he was recording the witness statement on, what type of shoes he was wearing, what kind of tea she drank... I'm with Joe Friday - just the facts. And how could anyone write "...he left the scene, his head shaking like a top heavy blancmange*."? Let alone leave it in the final draft. Someone should've flicked the author in the back of the head during editing. My editor would throttle me soundly for even trying to keep a line like that. I tried to keep going but when I got to that line, I shook my head and gave up. Paid: $0
Currently reading... I started a historical suspense last night. Not far enough into it to know whether it'll be a keeper yet. (ETA: It wasn't. I DNF'd it and forgot to update this part before it went live.)
What things did you read last week? I hope not as many DNFs crossed your reading paths as did mine.
* it's a French dessert, by the way. If I didn't watch cooking shows, I would never have had a clue what the hell the author was trying to say there. And, I still have no clue how a top heavy one would shake. It put me in mind of a shivering chihuahua and that's not a look you want for the MC of a suspense novel.
Thursday, May 9, 2019
Thursday This n That
Rain rain rain... Ugh. Lusty month of May my aunt's fanny. Drippy month of May is more like it. Almost 6 inches already this month. Blerg.
And according to last night's radar, we've got another round of crap headed our way today. Oh, joy.
The other day while I was out for a walk, I saw a turtle. Not unusual as all that, except the turtles I usually see are box turtles. I think this one was a cooter, but I've never seen a cooter outside the water, so you got me. I think it was laying eggs about 8 feet off the road where the neighbor's yard meets the woods. Or it was about to lay eggs. All I know is it was sitting over a hole filled with water. I may have disturbed it because it was gone when I walked back. Either I disturbed it or it wasn't laying eggs after all and decided it wanted to take a walk, too. Or the ground is so wet here, she didn't want to lay eggs in a flooded hole.
I've been trying to walk more often, but with all this rain, it's kind of hard to get out there. I should use the exercise bike... or as I called it the other day, the coat holder... more often. Or at all. Yeah, we aren't exactly exercise equipment people. Not sure what I was thinking when I bought it.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie crumbled over vanilla ice cream with caramel drizzled over it all. Jus' sayin'.
I kind of collect old writing books, I guess. At this point, I only have three. And that was after buying one at the thrift store last week. Three makes a collection, right?
It's hard work trying to find new to me, underappreciated authors to read and write reviews about. It's become kind of a mission. I know good books are out there because I've found a bunch of them. Some weeks, though, are better than others. And if I get disheartened, I can always go back to an old favorite author and refresh myself.
That's all I've got for you today. What have you got for me?
And according to last night's radar, we've got another round of crap headed our way today. Oh, joy.
The other day while I was out for a walk, I saw a turtle. Not unusual as all that, except the turtles I usually see are box turtles. I think this one was a cooter, but I've never seen a cooter outside the water, so you got me. I think it was laying eggs about 8 feet off the road where the neighbor's yard meets the woods. Or it was about to lay eggs. All I know is it was sitting over a hole filled with water. I may have disturbed it because it was gone when I walked back. Either I disturbed it or it wasn't laying eggs after all and decided it wanted to take a walk, too. Or the ground is so wet here, she didn't want to lay eggs in a flooded hole.
I've been trying to walk more often, but with all this rain, it's kind of hard to get out there. I should use the exercise bike... or as I called it the other day, the coat holder... more often. Or at all. Yeah, we aren't exactly exercise equipment people. Not sure what I was thinking when I bought it.
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie crumbled over vanilla ice cream with caramel drizzled over it all. Jus' sayin'.
I kind of collect old writing books, I guess. At this point, I only have three. And that was after buying one at the thrift store last week. Three makes a collection, right?
It's hard work trying to find new to me, underappreciated authors to read and write reviews about. It's become kind of a mission. I know good books are out there because I've found a bunch of them. Some weeks, though, are better than others. And if I get disheartened, I can always go back to an old favorite author and refresh myself.
That's all I've got for you today. What have you got for me?
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Oh. It's Tuesday...
I slept late today, which means I didn't get up until quarter after five instead of quarter after four. And I'm kind of brain dead this morning. As in, it took me a bit of time to remember it was Tuesday.
As in sitting here wondering where the post I wrote yesterday didn't post this morning. Umm, because I didn't write it. I wrote some stuff for Saturday's reading wrap-up, but not an actual whole post.
As in discovering we had another thunderstorm last night. Apparently it was a humdinger. Totally missed it. Thankfully, Hubs was monitoring it, so no worries about getting sucked up and dropped into Oz.
As in brainfarting out that I have a sale starting today. I need to get started on marketing for that sometime soon. After more coffee.
Thank goodness Hubs made me coffee or this morning would be a total wash.
In my defense, I took a forced-march walk after dinner last night. One mile, twenty-two minutes. Probably tired me out enough to sleep like a rock and fog up my head. Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket. Now I need to find a way to lift the fog.
The coffee must be working because I just remembered I have a spreadsheet I need to do this morning. I'm slowly getting there... and I just remembered I can't complete said spreadsheet because some data got left out and I need that before I can finish the darn thing.
Brain fog. It's real, man.
Need more coffee.
As in sitting here wondering where the post I wrote yesterday didn't post this morning. Umm, because I didn't write it. I wrote some stuff for Saturday's reading wrap-up, but not an actual whole post.
As in discovering we had another thunderstorm last night. Apparently it was a humdinger. Totally missed it. Thankfully, Hubs was monitoring it, so no worries about getting sucked up and dropped into Oz.
As in brainfarting out that I have a sale starting today. I need to get started on marketing for that sometime soon. After more coffee.
Thank goodness Hubs made me coffee or this morning would be a total wash.
In my defense, I took a forced-march walk after dinner last night. One mile, twenty-two minutes. Probably tired me out enough to sleep like a rock and fog up my head. Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket. Now I need to find a way to lift the fog.
The coffee must be working because I just remembered I have a spreadsheet I need to do this morning. I'm slowly getting there... and I just remembered I can't complete said spreadsheet because some data got left out and I need that before I can finish the darn thing.
Brain fog. It's real, man.
Need more coffee.
Sunday, May 5, 2019
Sunday Update - Week 18
Where did the week go? Wasn't it just Sunday like yesterday? Gah.
So here we are at the beginning of another week. Let's see what happened in the week that flew by...
I didn't do any writing or editing. Or marketing for that matter. An unscheduled week off, if you will. I really need to pull myself together this week.
What I did do was a bunch of reading. Sure, it was only three books, but those two SF novels weren't quickie-reads.
This was the week where the Spring rains splooshed the hell out of us. We got like 4.5 inches during the week and the lake level went up 4 feet. It's not quite totally floody yet, though, so it's all good.
I went fishing on Friday and while there was water into the park's parking lot, I still managed to park and fish. Didn't catch anything, but it was nice to be in the park again.
Oh, yeah, they opened the park on Wednesday. The new park hosts seem nice. He's British (didn't meet her other than to wave at her) and they have two cute, fluffy dogs. We'll see how it goes. I'm trying to be super good and obey all the weird rules so I don't get rousted again. I parked in an approved spot and humped all my gear around to my fishing spots. Sure enough, one of them drove down to where I was fishing to check me out.
With all the rain, I had to go out and snip off a bunch of flowers to put in vases. It was either that or let the flowers rot on the ground. I have vases full of irises and peonies now. So pretty.
In the baking arena, I made a pizza. Homemade pizza crust really is da bomb. Then I put pepperoni and mushrooms all over it, with extra sauce. Yummers. And I made another batch of cookies. Hubs does love his cookies.
I had to drive up and get my new plates and license on Monday. It all went easy-peasy. Which makes me feel bad for people who have to wait in long lines at their license office. Here it's the local county clerk's office. Hubs was pretty sure that since I was going on Monday morning, they'd be slammed and I'd be stuck waiting, but nope. Yay.
Not much in the way of activity this week. I only managed 3 days out of 7, but the weight is holding steady at 179.4, so I'm not getting after myself too hard. Maybe I should, though.
That's it for me this week. How did your Week 18 go?
So here we are at the beginning of another week. Let's see what happened in the week that flew by...
I didn't do any writing or editing. Or marketing for that matter. An unscheduled week off, if you will. I really need to pull myself together this week.
What I did do was a bunch of reading. Sure, it was only three books, but those two SF novels weren't quickie-reads.
This was the week where the Spring rains splooshed the hell out of us. We got like 4.5 inches during the week and the lake level went up 4 feet. It's not quite totally floody yet, though, so it's all good.
I went fishing on Friday and while there was water into the park's parking lot, I still managed to park and fish. Didn't catch anything, but it was nice to be in the park again.
Oh, yeah, they opened the park on Wednesday. The new park hosts seem nice. He's British (didn't meet her other than to wave at her) and they have two cute, fluffy dogs. We'll see how it goes. I'm trying to be super good and obey all the weird rules so I don't get rousted again. I parked in an approved spot and humped all my gear around to my fishing spots. Sure enough, one of them drove down to where I was fishing to check me out.
With all the rain, I had to go out and snip off a bunch of flowers to put in vases. It was either that or let the flowers rot on the ground. I have vases full of irises and peonies now. So pretty.
In the baking arena, I made a pizza. Homemade pizza crust really is da bomb. Then I put pepperoni and mushrooms all over it, with extra sauce. Yummers. And I made another batch of cookies. Hubs does love his cookies.
I had to drive up and get my new plates and license on Monday. It all went easy-peasy. Which makes me feel bad for people who have to wait in long lines at their license office. Here it's the local county clerk's office. Hubs was pretty sure that since I was going on Monday morning, they'd be slammed and I'd be stuck waiting, but nope. Yay.
Not much in the way of activity this week. I only managed 3 days out of 7, but the weight is holding steady at 179.4, so I'm not getting after myself too hard. Maybe I should, though.
That's it for me this week. How did your Week 18 go?
Saturday, May 4, 2019
Saturday Reading Wrap-up - 5/4/19
Welcome to the first reading wrap-up of May. I hope this month is as much fun as the last.
Let's see how the week went...
I downloaded one new ebook, but I didn't get any new hardcopies. So, I'm at 10 unread ebooks right now. Three SF, four suspense, a romance, an UF, and an epic F. But hey, only one of those is left from March, so I'm doing okay. I went through kind of a SF buying spree there for a bit (read two of those this week and I still have three left).
Books read:
37) By Dawn's Early Light by Jason Fuesting (5/3/19) - SF*# - 5 stars. Snagged this at full price based on the recommendation of someone I know and trust to give me good reads.
Review: "Action packed SF with characters I could really care about and ideas I could get behind. Can't wait to see what's next for Eric and the crew."
36) Flaming Tree by Phyllis A Whitney (5/1/19) - Romantic Suspense - 5 stars. Picked this hardcover up at St. Vinny's for 50c.
No review.
Apparently I read this 3 years ago, but as I was reading it this time, I had only a vague feeling I'd read it before - like decades before. Since it was only three years, the whole thing was a little disconcerting.
35) Ronin (Col Sec Thriller #1) by Jan Domagala (4/29/19) - SF*# - 5 stars. New to me and underappreciated. Picked this up as a freebie after seeing it on the 'Kindle Krazy! Authors Actively Seeking Readers' FB group.
Review: "Interesting story. Thrilling read. Awesome characters. Perfect? Nope. But still a damn fine book."
No DNFs.
I'm currently reading... Oh, I don't know what's next. I finished the SF last night, plugged my Kindle in for the night, and watched Live PD. I was too tired to pick out another book before bed.
And that's about it for me. What kinds of things did you read last week? Do you go through genre spurts or do you usually stick to one genre anyway?
Let's see how the week went...
I downloaded one new ebook, but I didn't get any new hardcopies. So, I'm at 10 unread ebooks right now. Three SF, four suspense, a romance, an UF, and an epic F. But hey, only one of those is left from March, so I'm doing okay. I went through kind of a SF buying spree there for a bit (read two of those this week and I still have three left).
Books read:
37) By Dawn's Early Light by Jason Fuesting (5/3/19) - SF*# - 5 stars. Snagged this at full price based on the recommendation of someone I know and trust to give me good reads.
Review: "Action packed SF with characters I could really care about and ideas I could get behind. Can't wait to see what's next for Eric and the crew."
36) Flaming Tree by Phyllis A Whitney (5/1/19) - Romantic Suspense - 5 stars. Picked this hardcover up at St. Vinny's for 50c.
No review.
Apparently I read this 3 years ago, but as I was reading it this time, I had only a vague feeling I'd read it before - like decades before. Since it was only three years, the whole thing was a little disconcerting.
35) Ronin (Col Sec Thriller #1) by Jan Domagala (4/29/19) - SF*# - 5 stars. New to me and underappreciated. Picked this up as a freebie after seeing it on the 'Kindle Krazy! Authors Actively Seeking Readers' FB group.
Review: "Interesting story. Thrilling read. Awesome characters. Perfect? Nope. But still a damn fine book."
No DNFs.
I'm currently reading... Oh, I don't know what's next. I finished the SF last night, plugged my Kindle in for the night, and watched Live PD. I was too tired to pick out another book before bed.
And that's about it for me. What kinds of things did you read last week? Do you go through genre spurts or do you usually stick to one genre anyway?
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Thursday This n That
We spent a large part of Tuesday prepping for the big storm. It was pretty wild there for a bit, but the things we prepped were not needed. I hope they're never needed, but it's nice to have everything in place in case the big, bad wolf ever does blow the house down. I suspect this prepping comes from 9 years of living in Kansas-lite (ie eastern CO) where tornadoes were a very real possibility. Here? Not so much, but even a slim chance isn't one I want to take. One funny thing - my prep kit from CO still had snack bars in it. Snack bars that had expired in 2012. Eww. So, I guess I need to pick up some emergency rations for the kit. Other than that, we're good.
I hung oranges out yesterday. Here's hoping the orioles come before the ants do. ;o)
I read something this morning about how a series based on a popular book series somehow made one of the central characters different than they were written. Made him more SJW* acceptable, I guess. This. This is why I don't want any of my books made into movies or television shows. Reminds me of a time when an author friend was in talks to have her series made into a TV show and they wanted to change a couple characters and make them a lesbian couple. If she'd wanted them to be lesbians, she would've written them that way in the first place. I know as a reader this sudden change of a character's persona would totally piss me off. So, as a writer, I'll be happy to have Hollywood keep their damn hands off my stories. (Not that there's any risk of them touching my books any time soon. LOL)
For the past week or so, I've been intending to make pizza but stuff keeps derailing my intentions. Mainly, the afternoon passes and I forget to make the dough until it's too late to make the dough and have dinner ready on time. Derp.
Hubs and I drove out to the lake to take a look around and see how the water level is doing. The lake's up two feet since the storms and still rising. The water's brown and detritus is starting to float down it. I still should've brought the fishing poles, but it's just as well I didn't because my back was feeling a little squonky. But the park appears to be open. I mean, the gates were open and the park host RV was there but the 'closed for season' signs were still up. We drove around in there and then back out again. I can't wait until I can fish in there again.
It's that time of year again when the turtles are moving around and finding themselves sitting in the road. Please try not to hit them. On our drive to the lake, we saw someone had hit a big ol' snapping turtle. Come on, people, it's not like something that big is that hard to see and all you had to do was drive so it was centered under your car and slow down a little. If I'm on a road where I can safely stop, I'll do so and get them out of the road. Poor buggers don't know any better. All they're looking for is a warm sunny spot and the soft shoulders on road are perfect to lay their eggs. Give 'em a break.
The eagles have migrated north, but now the summer birds are arriving. =o)
Oh, well, I guess I should go do something else for a while. Have a great day. And if you're inclined, drop a comment with whatever this-n-thats might be on your radar.
*SJW = Social Justice Warrior
I hung oranges out yesterday. Here's hoping the orioles come before the ants do. ;o)
I read something this morning about how a series based on a popular book series somehow made one of the central characters different than they were written. Made him more SJW* acceptable, I guess. This. This is why I don't want any of my books made into movies or television shows. Reminds me of a time when an author friend was in talks to have her series made into a TV show and they wanted to change a couple characters and make them a lesbian couple. If she'd wanted them to be lesbians, she would've written them that way in the first place. I know as a reader this sudden change of a character's persona would totally piss me off. So, as a writer, I'll be happy to have Hollywood keep their damn hands off my stories. (Not that there's any risk of them touching my books any time soon. LOL)
For the past week or so, I've been intending to make pizza but stuff keeps derailing my intentions. Mainly, the afternoon passes and I forget to make the dough until it's too late to make the dough and have dinner ready on time. Derp.
Hubs and I drove out to the lake to take a look around and see how the water level is doing. The lake's up two feet since the storms and still rising. The water's brown and detritus is starting to float down it. I still should've brought the fishing poles, but it's just as well I didn't because my back was feeling a little squonky. But the park appears to be open. I mean, the gates were open and the park host RV was there but the 'closed for season' signs were still up. We drove around in there and then back out again. I can't wait until I can fish in there again.
It's that time of year again when the turtles are moving around and finding themselves sitting in the road. Please try not to hit them. On our drive to the lake, we saw someone had hit a big ol' snapping turtle. Come on, people, it's not like something that big is that hard to see and all you had to do was drive so it was centered under your car and slow down a little. If I'm on a road where I can safely stop, I'll do so and get them out of the road. Poor buggers don't know any better. All they're looking for is a warm sunny spot and the soft shoulders on road are perfect to lay their eggs. Give 'em a break.
The eagles have migrated north, but now the summer birds are arriving. =o)
Oh, well, I guess I should go do something else for a while. Have a great day. And if you're inclined, drop a comment with whatever this-n-thats might be on your radar.
*SJW = Social Justice Warrior
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