Katherines Rule...

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Boy, I like reading John Green stories. In this one the main character, Colin, is searching to make sense of his own journey through life. He is haunted by being dumped by girls named Katherine, but he moves through that to come to interesting insights. I wish I were able to figure things like that out. The middle of the story was a little slow, but around page 200 the afterburners kicked in and I liked this story very much. Well done Mr. Green!

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Norwegian Night

Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

How often do you have a main character that is an 82 year old man? This story was an excellent read. This story is told from several perspectives or it moves along from different viewpoints. Derek Miller does a great job of sharing characters and their motivations for moving on through the plot. I give this one four our of four paws up on the Tex scale.

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Spencer Morgan Rice

Home in Iceland….

Normally, today is the day we head back to school and begin the third quarter, but not today. Last Friday, Governor Dayton closed all public schools today because the temperature and wind chill are dangerously low this morning. I believe we have reached -21° for an air temperature, and the wind is blowing. Our school hesitated, but then closed officially on Saturday night, which was a relief. The high today will be in the teens below zero. Good day to stay indoors…

Palm Trees...

Palm Tree in Florida…by Liam Ratliff

One of my colleagues sent me this photograph taken by his son.  Beautiful clouds and a palm tree.  I am guessing this was taken somewhere south of the North Star State.  I hope they are having a good time.  I certainly enjoyed the mental break the picture afforded me.  Well done, Liam.

Philistine Central….

I found Myrtle on-line, but before I could sweet talk Karyl into the project, Myrtle was scooped up by another family.  Too bad.  She looks like a winner -- Not a Moonie, but perhaps a solid pick.

The joys of winter break….