Good evening, Readers.
I'm having a quiet
evening tonight
sensing the somber mood of the nation.
We need to do better.
This was the sky at dawn's first light.
What will the day bring today?
I'm just not sure anymore.
Maybe the moon knows?
Can we ever
love thy neighbor?
As the morning light broke through
I checked on my good little plant neighbors
living in my 'hood.
Firman Road is starting to show
the first signs of the coming fall.
I took the two good neighborhood
pittie mixes
for a walk.
We discovered some plants
I have not found all season long!
The cardinal flower
Strawcolored flatsedge
and Lady's thumb.
Imagine my surprise
to find this flower
growing in my very yard.
I did not plant this flower at all
in such an unlikely place,
under ornamental grass
that hides the garbage cans.
I won't forget you, Uncle Bill!
Some are comforted by signs
and others by words of faith.
Even before the recent events
I grabbed this copy off my shelf.
I often turn to it
to enjoy the words of one who thought
about faith and how it intertwined
with governance
so deeply.
Eloise highly recommends.
My annotated copy will be available for loan
after I get the Lamp Post Library up and running.
One way to do that is to be a Good Neighbor.
I went to the cabin last week,
and on the way down and back
Natalie and I listened to this audio book.
Eloise and Natalie highly, highly recommend.
The Good Neighbor always looks out for others
and finds ways to help.
This blog has readership far outside of Erie,
so I am attaching this with permission from the family
in hope of it finding the just right person.
Our neighbor is in need of a liver donor.
Please like and share on facebook.
Be like my neighbors
who love to leave surprises on my garage table!
They are the Best Neighbors.
Believe it or not,
out of all the surprise treats,
the tomatoes were the best.
Eloise loves cherry tomatoes
and tomato sandwiches on sourdough bread!
I have favorite foods from every season,
and that's my pick from late summer.
That and peach pie.
I'd post a picture,
but peach pie doesn't last long around here.
Now for some fun.
It's time for the return of the long awaited book club,
that is NOT a book club.
I hate clubs.
Too many rules,
too many cliques,
and the word gives me the mental image of this:
I finally thought of what I'm going to call the gathering.
Everyone is invited to my
Book Party!
All Good Neighbors are invited,
so won't you be?
won't you please?
Please won't you be my neighbor?
The format is changing a bit for the first series.
Typically we have a great big book share,
bringing with you a list of books you read and loved
in hope of sharing that love of story with others.
Because that is what Good Neighbors do.
They share love of stories.
They share sweet treats,
like tomatoes.
Just as I like to eat seasonally,
I so like to read.
We are entering spooky season.
I prefer mystery or suspense over horror.
I chose this one immediately
at the recommendation of a former Questie.
Miss Keeley sent word from Kent State
that I needed to read this book
and with her.
What is the most exciting part?
It's a choose your own adventure novel for adults!
Oh my!
Because I fully support buying a copy from a local bookstore,
I LOVE writing in my books.
Penning them up allows you to truly interact with the text
and make the experience of book reading
even more memorable.
It has a notebook in the back,
and a key on the front cover.
Eloise loves keys.
Now, here is your homework:
1. Locals, see if Werner Books, Pressed, or Tia Book Store
will order you a copy by October.
2. You can find it on Amazon if they cannot.
3. DO NOT READ IT! Wait for the Book Party. It's worth the wait.
4. We will have something similar to First Chapter Friday--Teacher Readers know what I'm talking about. It is a teaching practice where we read the first chapter of a story to students on a Friday, and nothing more. This entices some students to read the book, and others not. That is fine, because the goal is to expose lots of students to 36 different types of books throughout the school year.
5. Eloise will have a dramatic reading of the first chapter, then we will break into sleuthing groups.
6. Watch facebook and this blog for a Book Party Date. I know it will be one of the Sunday afternoons in October, but I'm not sure which one. I would very much like Miss Keeley to attend if her college schedule allows.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Book Party.
If you live outside of Erie, join us anyway.
I'll add you to the new Book Party Page, coming soon.
I'll leave you with this artist's image of Mother Owl.
She is sheltering her three babies.
Mine are getting too big to shelter,
and they are all out into the big wide valley tomorrow
without me.
Be safe.
Be well.
And of all things
Be a Good Neighbor.
Eloise
