elf, hermetic, for hosting this group.
I was in NC all of last week, pet sitting for friends who were visiting family in CA. It was so nice to be back in the NC mountains where I lived for 25 years. Didn't get a lot of reading done and, in fact, am still plugging away on Richard Grant's Dispatches from Pluto. Our elderly dog is waking up multiple times in the night wanting to go outside, hoping we'll give her a treat when she comes back inside or, if it's after 5:30 a.m., she might get breakfast. Between that and 2 of the cats who have to go out in the middle of the night to use the litter boxes on the screened-in front porch, I don't always get a lot of sleep. It's a good thing that I don't have to get up early and go to work, but it does make me fall asleep earlier than I normally would like and cuts into my reading time. I won't ever give up my critters, as they are such good companions, but I do wish they would all get on the same schedule as mine.
Speaking of cats and books, on my way back home to Georgia, I stopped at one of the best independent book stores in Western North Carolina--Books Unlimited in Franklin, NC. They have been in business for many years and have always had at least one shop cat. I took this picture of their current employee, hard at work greeting customers and spreading Christmas cheer.
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