What Does A Wug Living In Holyoke Do........?!

       I suppose I should finish that question...'What does a Wug living in Holyoke do...the day after a bad storm, when the sun has come out and it is just absolutely beautiful?!!!' :-) ......The answer is.....Read! :-)

     And thanks to the Holyoke Public Library I have a great book to read too!...Pride and Prejudice by Miss Jane Austen. :-) Yes....I'm actually reading a book by Jane Austen, instead of looking at a movie 'based on a book' by Jane Austen!! ^_^
      And guess what?!...I'm loving it!!! I'm already waaaay into it!

        In fact, the photo shows Chapter 15, but I'm actually further along than this now, due to some late night reading. Late night reading I was doing because of something else a 'Wug' was doing in Holyoke the day after the storm....'daytime' sleeping!! I slept a lot yesterday too!!...I was napping and turning...Turning, and then napping...all day!! (I think my body is trying to fight off a cold or something.)
       The good thing about the late night reading though, is that it was keeping my hubby company while he was reorganizing and labeling the Office/Storage room!...No, he couldn't sleep anymore either! LOL

       I complained a little while ago that I still couldn't get to everything in this room....and that even if I got to it, I didn't know what was in some of these bins! So.....

     ...he fixed the problem.....while at the same time listening, and occasionally giggling along with me, at the silliness of Mrs. Bennet and her husband and daughters! :-)
       Now, what 'else' does a 'Wug' living in Holyoke do the day after a storm?!...She checks the news to see if there was any real damage after the storm. And unfortunately, she finds out...thanks to the crack reporting of WWLP.com 22News...that there was. :-(

         The middle of the Old Holyoke Mill was blown away in the strong winds!!! :-(

      The photo below is what it looked liked inside...

       They're saying that now the remnants of the building are gonna be torn down. :-( You can look at the video below to see the rest of the story.

        I guess my hubby's sunflowers weren't the only casualty in the storm the other night! :-(
      'I'm not gonna think about it....I'm not gonna think about it!' O_0 Strange....I sound like Scarlett in Gone With The Wind! ... Why am I thinking about 'Gone With The Wind'?!!!! ^_^ Hubby's flowers and the Old Holyoke Mill building are both gone with the wind?!  Could that be why?!!!!.......My brain! My brain!!!! ^_^
      Anyway!!!!!!!...I was also doing something else with my time yesterday...Yep! Crocheting!! :-)

        The latest black and white scarf/shawl is well under way!....My Jane Austen book is well under way!...My hubby's vacation is well under way! Not all good, but still...there are a lot of things going on in Holyoke the day after the storm. :-)
       By the way, hubby uncovered something of mine while he was moving things around. Something I had totally forgotten about. It will involve a new project for the 'Wug'!! :-)) I'll be adding it to my list of things to do in Holyoke...after some scarves and a Jane Austen book are all finished.

        I'll show you what he found tomorrow. :-] Right now, if my brain slows down enough, I'm off to......Well, you know!!! ^_^ 


My Brain, My Brain

My brain just does
what it wants and when it wants!
Some days, all of it's positives
is what it flips and flaunts.

It triggers really fast,
and all my brain cells start to meet.
It stores all kinds of things,
and it runs long, without feet!

It fires happiness,
is organized, remembers well.
But then that "Bing!" will come
as if someone just hit a bell.

It slows and starts to ponder.
And what it ponders is not good!
Those days it might as well
be just a solid block of wood.

Can't remember what to do,
or if it already did;
Thoughts are scattered everywhere
and all my memories are hid.

Yes, my brain just does
what it wants and how it wants!
My job is staying with it,
and responding when it taunts.

Jane Austen Might Have Liked This Herself!!

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         I mentioned in my post yesterday that the movie 'Pride and Prejudice' caught my attention some years back, and I thanked Jane Austen. Then, after a little thought, I realized that while I have watched and loved a number of movies based on novels by Jane Austen,...Pride and Prejudice,

           ... Sense and Sensibility,...

              ...and Emma...

            I have never actually read a book by Jane Austen! O_0
       I've got to remedy that oversight soon!! I just hope it doesn't end up being the same way it was when I read 'To Kill A Mockingbird'! :-( After seeing the movie 'umpteen' thousand times...and loving it!...I was very disappointed with the book.
       Anyway....I'm all about getting in the Jane Austen mood today...after I watch the final mountain stage of the Tour De France, and finish the black crochet hat I'm still working on (now that the red one is finally finished), and planning for hubby and I's trip to Paris for our 'Date Night' tomorrow! Yep! I'm finally gonna get there!!! LOL {He wants to eat Escargot!!! O_0 I'm trying to talk him into 'French' fries!! LOL}
        So how do you get into a Jane Austen mood?! This is how!... 

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          Okay!! Now I'm in the mood! :-) Now I just have to figure out which book to start with...Have any of you read any of her books?! Do you have a recommendation for where I should start?!...If I don't get any suggestions I may just start with the one I love the best from the movies...Pride and Prejudice. After all, and I think I've said this before, 'I'm a sucker for a love story!' :-)

       And, so that you can get into the Jane Austen mood too,...bouffe e bambini is hosting a Giveaway, introducing you to Jennifer, of the blog Dear Lillie. This is what is being given away!!

          The rules for what you have to do to win it are HERE.  The Giveaway ends Tuesday July 26th. So get on over there and get in on it!!! ^_^ 

       By the way, on her blog, Jennifer is featuring a Jane Austen inspired silhouette pillow tutorial,...

         ...the first of several tutorials involving Jane Austen that you'll see in the coming weeks...Really pretty, huh?! I think Jane Austen herself might have liked it! :-) So now might be a good reason to start following her blog, Dear Lillie, anyway....other than just for the Giveaway! :-]

         Okay....Let's go forth and read!....or whatever you might be doing today!! ^_^ 

Read a Good Book?!

Have you read any good books lately?
Have you quietly sat all alone
and thumbed through the word-filled pages,
of a story your mind made it's own?

Have you drifted away to a place
where you almost could smell the sea?
Where you found yourself so out of sorts
that you didn't quite know who to be?

Has a character brought you to tears;
Made you think of a time long since gone?
Have you been so enthralled with a writer
that their every word formed a bond?

Have you learned new things for your future;
Remembered some things from your past;
because of great words put on paper
that made all the memories last?

Have you been so excited to finish
that you restrained the desire to look?
Have you told all your friends about it?
Well, it sounds like you've read a good book!