Book Board Chat

good evening, y'all.

gosh. miss a day or two and all kinds of interesting things show up here.

"who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? the shadow knows"

my horse is furious about the time change. i came home last night at the same time but it was dark and he had nearly starved to death since breakfast. talk about a withering look.

i enjoyed the grisham interview. i think he interviews very well, but i agree with diane about his and cornwell's novels running out of steam after the first 3 or 4; ken follett doesn't seem to have that problem and neither does james lee burke.

also interesting about coxes swamp. in the 70s when i was still in savannah, they filmed a for tv movie starring dennis weaver about dr. samuel a. mudd. part of the filming was done on monterey square in front of mercer house owned then by the infamous jim williams. they covered the pavers with red clay for the filming. jim was happy for his house to be used as a backdrop and asked only that the producers make a donation to the historic savannah foundation. when they didn't, he hung a huge and anachronistic nazi flag over his balcony for several days until the movie people relented.

a friend's maiden great aunt got involved in genealogy many years ago and researched the family back to the first illegitimate birth and was so horrified she quit, and that was the end of research for that family.