Happy Wednesday! It’s 10 degrees warmer in Chicago than it was yesterday, and yet still well below freezing.
I’ll start!
Reading: I did a big sweep of Kindle books last week, there were a TON of books suddenly available, and not that expensive. All stuff from the 40s and 50s, and a lot of it things that I got from the library when I was a kid! Let me recommend! Clarence Buddington Kelland, very popular author from the mid-century, sort of Damon Runyon with more humor and romance. Picture a Howard Hawks movie in book form. And Craig Rice, female mystery author writing under a male name, wacky screwball comedy style mysteries set in Chicago in the post-war era, a rich socialite, her nightclub owner/former reporter husband, and a drunk brilliant lawyer clearly based on Clarence Darrow.
Watching: Over the blizzardy cold weekend I started the TV series Farscape. It’s fun! And very escapist, since it’s set in space with aliens and adventures and things. Obviously also very excited for next week when Fighter comes out.
Thinking: I gotta remember to make allowances for myself with this weather. Super cold or super hot, it’s the same thing, the body is just exhausted after a few minutes. I can’t go buy groceries and then come home and cook, because by the time I get back from the grocery run I am so tired all I can do is sit. On the other hand, books and Farscape!
Listening: Since we watched Dear Zindagi this weekend, this song has been going through my head:
Now, question for you! What’s your favorite de-stress fantasy escape?
For me right now, 1950s-1940s America! Nice and distant from the present, fun adventures Or, between the wars England! Agatha Christie and all that.
