I have been hemming and ironing since noon. I watched Great
Balls of Fire while I sewed. The music made me want to get up and dance but it made my hateful chore go swiftly.

Laura left Eat Love Pray by Elizabeth Gilbert and I am really enjoying it. I had read Stern Men and thought it to be wonderful but I didn't realize she was the author. We went to town this morning and went by the library. I got a book called, "The Age of American Unreason" by Susan Jacoby, "Almost Noon" by Alice Seebold, Wild Nights by Joyce Carol Oates and "Souvenir" by Therese Fowler.
I have browsed a little in the Susan Jacoby book and I expected her to be a middle aged and dowdy historian. Wow was I ever mistaken. She is young and gorgeous. How did she ever get so smart so y oung? I was forty before I had a lick of sense.

Thank goodness there is nothing on the agenda tomorrow and I can get caught up reading blogs. See you then. Jeri

Comments:

I have to hem everything I own..it's a pain

comment by elfie33 on June 18, 2008 12:17 PM ()

Even petites are too long for me and your right, it is a bummer.

reply by elderjane on June 19, 2008 1:46 AM ()

comment by troutbend on June 17, 2008 12:16 PM ()

I like when Jerry Lee married his young cousin.

reply by troutbend on June 19, 2008 9:57 PM ()

Jerry Lee Lewis made it go faster.

reply by elderjane on June 19, 2008 1:49 AM ()

sewing.Jimmy Swaggert am I missing something
here.

comment by fredo on June 17, 2008 9:56 AM ()

Confusing? As you probably know Jerry Lee Lewis, Micky Gilley and Jimmy Swaggert are cousins, which probably explains why Jimmy Swaggert so frequently falls from grace.

reply by elderjane on June 19, 2008 1:52 AM ()

You remind me of the stack of unread books sitting a few feet away that I need to work on. Wish I wasn't such a slow reader.

comment by looserobes on June 17, 2008 7:58 AM ()

It is like a security blanket to have books to read...a defense against boredom.

reply by elderjane on June 19, 2008 1:58 AM ()

comment by tealstar on June 17, 2008 5:35 AM ()

Joyce Carol Oates can be wierd. This book is about famous men and I haven't even peeked at the inside. I highly recomend the Elizabeth Gilbert book that Laura left and I think that "The Age of American Unreason" will be great.

reply by elderjane on June 17, 2008 7:41 AM ()

Glad you got through your ironing with some help from TV!

comment by kristilyn3 on June 17, 2008 5:33 AM ()

I know it isn't fashionable to love rock and roll and Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis but I always did and I still do. I always thought it was fascinating to think of the three cousins, Jerry Lee, Micky Gilley and Jimmy Swaggert growing up together. My friend, June, is from one of those musical families and I love being around them when they are playing and singing.

reply by elderjane on June 17, 2008 7:45 AM ()