Crazy first week of school. The weather was wicked--HAZY-HOT-HUMID. School felt a little like Death Valley. Seriously--just breathing made me sweat. BUT--No biggy right--WRONG. School was actually canceled Thursday AND Friday because of the heat. I have invented a new term for it. We had two "SUN" DAYS. Get it? Instead of SNOW--SUN. Can't make it up. Thinking back to the olden days......can't remember anyone ever caring if we sweat TOO much in school. Pretty sure NO ONE cared what we did back in the day though. Kids today are WEAK. A little sweat and they whine like babies. Better watch out--we're gonna create a WHOLE generation of people who have NO COPING SKILLS. That's gonna hurt. In other news, I just finished a really good mystery by William Kent Krueger called
The River We Remember. I am a huge fan of Krueger and have read several of his books. This one does NOT disappoint. Set in Jewel, Minnesota, in 1958, while the small town of Jewel celebrates Memorial Day, the body of Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River. Sheriff Brody Dern, a war hero, investigates the death while the town folk immediately suspect Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran because he's not White and he had the audacity to marry a Japanese woman named Kyoko. Both Angie Madison, a war widow, and Brody, try to ease tensions in the town after Bluestone is arrested and refuses to speak. Find out who killed Quinn and so much more when you read this mystery for yourself. It's about small town life in the late 1950's, the cost of war, and the prejudices people try to justify in the name of Manifest Destiny. It's about 430 pages--an easy read--with great characters. There's even a bit of a love story mixed in if that suits your fancy. Enjoy!
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