Terry's 3M's
Meditations, Mutterings, Madness
Care to know why I chose this background? Too late. I'm going to tell you anyway. I chose this background because it reminds me of the summer of 1975.
I was living in my hometown of Amsterdam, New York. I was working at a job that I hated and making very little money (how's $72.32 after taxes sound?). My rent was low--$120 a month--but, with that kind of money, I was still perpetually broke.
Even broke, I loved my life outside of the factory. I lived one block away from my job, so it took less than 5 minutes to walk to work and less than 10 minutes to walk home. The walk home was uphill, which is why it took a few minutes longer.
One of the things that I loved about my 3 room apartment was the porch. It was enclosed, but, I could open the windows and the wonderful scent of lilacs would perfume the porch. I had put a desk and chair out there and spent many afternoons inhaling that romantic fragrance and writing poetry.
The flowers in the teacup on a saucer reminded me that I used to take an 8 oz. can that had held tomato sauce and take the label off and wash it. I would then place it on a pretty glass saucer in the middle of my kitchen table after a trip outside to pick violets or small wildflowers.
I may have been broke--but, I was rich in the important things.
I found out that M.C. Beaton is a woman. And I only have about 4 pages left to read of the Hamish Macbeth mystery. Why did I stop with only 4 pages to go? Well, it was about 4AM, my eyes were blurry and I was falling asleep with the book in my hand.
for the border background.