I am still alive, am woefully behind with writing and posting my reviews. I just don’t have time and patience enough to sit down and write at the moment.
Because it’s been a while since I posted cat-pics here, I figured it was time for another one of me and my furry kids. This one was taken last night. Nirvo (on the right) and Archy (the one with the scary eyes – sorry about that! 
)came to keep me company each on one side of me when I was reading on the couch. About a year ago, I posted this picture of me and Archy. That was when Archy was still small and cute. Now he is huge and (still) cute.
As far as books go, I seem to be out of the reading rut I was in recently. The last two books I have finished were very good and I am currently very much enjoying Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende.
I am also working my way through a collection of short stories by Australian writers, one story a day. It was published in the Soviet Union in 1975 and the more stories I read, the more (I think) I can see an ideological bias in the selection of writers and stories (let’s say lots of working class characters and writers who have connections with the communist or worker’s movement in Australia). This actually makes reading the book more interesting. I plan to do a bit more digging into the authors represented to find out if my hunch is correct.
In Europa - Geert Mak
Kindertijd Jeugdjaren Jongelingschap (Childhood Boyhood Youth) - Lev Tolstoy
Archy has grown into quite a handsome man!
Nirvo looks nice and cuddly, too! Aren’t furry kids just the best?
Lezlie
One of my great joys is reading while my cat and my dog are nearby; we quietly enjoy each others’ presence.
They are so cute! My new cat Amanda says hi!
Susan, I know exactly what you mean! I start the morning in bed with breakfast and a book and usually at least one of the cats comes and joins me. That half hour or so is the best way to start the day. When I am lying on the couch reading, usually one of them joins me sleeping in my lap. Those are such small, wonderful moments that I really appreciate.
Teddy, the kids send Amanda a big cat hug back.
Your kitties are so cute! My cats, Pillow and Pixie, say hello to Nirvo and Archie.
It is the sweetest thing!