October 8, 2023 DON'T FEAR THE REAPER

 

Talk about a blast back to the past. When's the last time your went into an Elks Club, Polish Club, Moose Club?  I highly recommend it. Felt like I went through a time warp AND it was a good thing. When's the last time you spent $14 on a round of drinks? Or $16 for a pasta dinner with apps and dessert?? OKAY--so the carpet, curtains, air conditioners, microphone system haven't been updated in 70 years......Who cares......$14 for FOUR drinks? It's a no brainer. The only thing missing was a jukebox. That would have made it perfect. Seriously though--they definitely need to RAISE prices so that they can make a few changes. New carpeting and curtains would be high on my list but who am I?? OR just maybe they like pretending it's still 1960--anything's better than 2023 right? Just finished a book that took me back in time called We Keep The Dead Close:  A Murder At Harvard by Becky Cooper. Becky Cooper was a student at Harvard in 2009 when she first heard about the death of Jane Britton. Britton was a graduate student in the Archaeology department at Harvard in 1969. On January 7, 1969, the day Britton was to appear for her finals, she was found brutally murdered in her Cambridge apartment. The murder was never solved and became a cold case until Cooper became obsessed with getting the case reopened. Cooper, an amateur investigator, chased down leads decades old, re-interviewed possible suspects, and gathered "circumstantial evidence" making several people prime suspects in her investigation which I found highly questionable. This book is a LONG journey back to the past that jumps around and around. I think Cooper tried to do too many things--including spending oodles of time on the Old Harvard Boys Club as one professor is a suspect in the case. This 500 page book could also be 250 pages shorter but that's just my opinion. Try it for yourself and let me know what you think.