Monday Miscellany or I'm a Winning Fool & Small Things Hop (That's ambiguous on purpose.)

I'm a Winning Fool

Kyra Lennon bestowed a copy of her book, Blindsided on me. It arrived!  Thanks, Kyra. I'm excited about reading your story.

Then The Secret DMS Files of Fairday Morrow saw to it that Simon and Schuster sent me a copy of a fabulous Middle Grade story called  Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger. The cover alone makes me which I'd written this one.

I've got me some reading to do!

I did read Every Day, which I won from Cece M. Robert a few weeks ago. And I reviewed it. If you'd like to read that review, it's on AMAZON and GOODREADS. Thanks Cece.








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Now for the Miscellaneous bits:

Celebrating The Small Things

HOP

(This should have come on Friday, but call it either early or late this week.)

1. I planted my first lettuce, spinach and broccoli of the season in my greenhouse.

2. I brushed my cat. Now that's not an easy thing to do, even if I include it here as "small,"  since this cat came from some bushy Persian strain of animal. She's knots and more knots every week.

3. I found the top of my desk, well, parts of it. Finding any surface space required stacking and sorting. Small, but immensely important.

4. I wrote two notes to friends in Europe--longhand. Felt great.

My favorite quote for the day:

Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very;” your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. - Mark Twain

Do you enter to win books? If so, what books are you winning? Any recommendations? How about those simple things that you're doing? If you don't enter this Hop, tell us what you're doing that's not earth shattering, but important to you. If you say you've just finished a Nobel winning novel, you're banished for a while. Any favorite quotes I can snag for future use?