My Current Interest

                Yes, I know everyone is talking about Star Wars .   It’s hard to turn anywhere without coming across an ad or article about it.   The world truly seems obsessed with Star Wars .                 While I would not put myself in the obsessed category, when I saw a new Star Wars film was coming out I was curious to see it.   I grew up with the original trilogy.   It is something I have seen definitely more than once, but I don’t know how good I would be at a deep, in-depth discussion about it.   Pretty much my interest laid with Yoda and Ewoks.   There was also a fascination with Jabba and his lair, but for the most part everything came down to Yoda and Ewoks.   Unfortunately, neither one of these (or Jabba, for that matter) were in Star Wars: The Force Awakens .   Despite this, I do feel this newest Star Wars film is worth seeing.                     The Empire was eliminated many years ago, but the darkness did not stay away.   Now The Dark Side has taken form i

               At this time of gift giving it probably seems strange to read about a place where you borrow, but I love libraries no matter what time of year it is.   I always have.   For me libraries are sanctuaries that provide me with knowledge and quiet.   There is only one I can think of that I have ever truly disliked.   When I walked through the doors it was as quiet as a tomb, and they wanted it that way.   There was to be no sound whatsoever, which made it difficult to look at the books in the stacks.   I was always concerned that any movement I made would disrupt the world and I would either get severely glared at or asked to leave all together.   Being asked to leave over making a slight noise would be an extreme action, but when something is that quiet, it does make one wonder.   Fortunately very few libraries in my experience are this intense.   Most are welcoming and they want their patrons to enjoy the facilities.   They want people to come in and learn at every corne

                This past summer I watched the final Agatha Christie’s Poirot episode on PBS .   With this episode a moment in history was marked.   Never before had one single person ever acted as Hercule Poirot in each and every one of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot stories.   This feat was done by David Suchet over the course of more than twenty years.   I had zero idea about this fact until I watched PBS that night, but once I found out, I knew I had to watch each and every episode.                 My task ended up being harder than I had imagined.   Even though I had seen Poirot episodes before, watching more than one at a time quickly started to drive me crazy.   Mostly I blame the theme music for this.   Not only was it played in the credits but it was also played in the background at points in each episode.   I’m not sure what it was exactly, but something about that music really grated on my nerves.   Then there was all of Poirot’s persnickety behavior and his need t

              I have been extremely restless lately.   My attention span can already be on the short side, but for some reason now it is even shorter.   Blame it on the time or year, or maybe it’s simply a desire for something new, but reading is the only thing that keeps me somewhat settled.   Even reading isn’t fully successful at doing that, though.   I keep finding myself losing patience with what I am reading and then skim ahead.   This happens even with books I like, like Danielle Steel’s Country .   The difference with Country is that even though I skipped ahead, I went back to read the book fully.   It is definitely a book to read in its entirety.                     Stephanie Adams has unexpectedly found herself a widow.   Her husband died while on a ski trip, and with him gone, Stephanie doesn’t know what to do with herself.   Her children are all out of the house, living their own lives.   She doesn’t have a job because her husband never wanted her to have one.   Plu