Well, Mr Mc's got nothin' on me.
Here's the blog (mindfarts), there's the Pinterest (idea stew), another posting to Ravelry (fibrous) and some quality time at Goodreads (libros). Also, for the sake of full-disclosure, I am also a recovering Facebook junkie. Gracious, I probably need to find some other hobbies.
Anyhooooooo, there's this weird thing of not crossing the streams.
You know - Ghostbusters 101:
"It would be bad.
I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Try to imagine all life as we know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light."
Okay maybe not that bad. Guess that what I am getting at is that (obviously - duh) we need to track every mundane detail of our lives, but it just seems rude to overlap too much.
But, you know me "Lucy Law-Breaker." So, here I am recommending a book on my blog - a plain, old mystery novel that I enjoyed a lot. It's part of a series, so you can read it as is, but it's more fun knowing the characters and their past interactions.
Here's the blurb from Louise Penny's (the author) site:
THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY is set in a remote monastery in Quebec. The monks have chosen a life of splendid isolation, of quietude. To contemplate nature and God. To commune with the Divine, without distractions. They've taken a vow of silence, and their days are filled with near complete peace and quiet, with the exception of the services that highlight their monastic day. The Divine Office. The simple services are sung in chants so old they predate written music. Plain chant. Gregorian chant. Singing the word of God in the voice of God. Their chanting is so mesmerizing, so glorious that the little recording they made to raise money has become a sensation.
But while the monks might choose not to speak, there are other ways to communicate. And lately a battle, fought in near silence, has shattered their community. And led to murder. When Chief Inspector Gamache and Inspector Beauvoir, of the Sûreté du Québec, arrive they enter a cloistered and secretive community. Shut off from the outside world. They meet men trained to conceal how they feel and what they think.
THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY is about the plain chant at the heart of their monastic life and the power of that music to inspire and corrupt. But Chief Inspector Gamache soon discovers something else, hiding in the silence. Tyranny.
Gamache and Beauvoir are faced with an unsettling question. Was the monk murdered by the tyrant, or because he was the tyrant?
In the great silence of the monastery, Gamache and Beauvoir come face to face with their own truths, and their own tyrants. While so many are kneeling down, Gamache must discover if he has the courage to stand up. To speak up.
I hope you like THE BEAUTIFUL MYSTERY. I'm so looking forward to you reading it!
Cheese. Whatever. It's good - you should read it.
