Various things

• DC and I have made huge strides in digging out and reconfiguring my office. Pretty grand, isn't it?

• The HVAC company I was so pleased with last December turns out to have left the air filter leaning up against the furnace, instead of installing it. That means the furnace ran half a year without an air filter.

Yes, it would be possible to extract something from the HVAC company owner, especially because it was his tech here last week working on the A/C. But I told the owner about it, only because that's the major kind of mistake by an employee that, as a small business owner, I'd want to know about, myself. The damage will be rectified, anyway, by installation of a much more efficient furnace -- but this company will not, I think, handle the install.

• My tour through the Dalgliesh series by P.D. James is coming to an end. This is such a regrettable circumstance that my reading of the second to last book dawdles and pokes reluctantly along. One book every three years is her habit; The Private Patient was published in late 2008 and has a worrying valedictory note. Her date of birth is 3 August 1920, so you do the math. In all my tours of detective fiction, hers are the stories and hers is the writing most delectable to my catholic palate. God save the Queen and P.D. James.

• Do you know Aldo Leopold? You might find him interesting: more about him anon.

Comments

[melissa]

Haven't read the PDJames series, but have heard of it. On the flip side, have read (in order) all of the Miss Read books and enjoyed a delightful time.

Love series books...so rewarding to, most times, have one more to read. But, you have a point...your author is getting on up there in years. Darn.

[Patricia]

Oh, yes! I love the Miss Read books.

She's getting up in years, all right, but it seems to me that she goes from strength to strength. There's an old -- like 12 years old -- interview with her that I'll track down and post.