Adventure Kitty!

So we had a pretty good time at the lake. We did a lot of reading, I finished a small quilting project and James did a bunch of Su Doku puzzles. Erin managed to get into the ceiling in the kid's room. She thought it was a good time, but it kind of freaked us out, so we closed the door to that room after that. Ever since we got back she has been very talkative. I think she wants to go back out onto the screen porch. Oh well.

Liz, if you haven't already, you may want to check out St. Germain. I like his "Tourist" album. He samples Miles Davis. It is good stuff. I also just today found out that I like all four of the Gnarls Barkley songs that play on their website. I probably like their other stuff as well, but it's hard to say as I haven't heard it yet.

Right now I am reading a biography of Django Rheinhardt. It is really interesting, not only for the info about Django, but because it gives a wonderful history of Jazz in France and also an overview of gypsy culture. One of the books I read at the lake was Dial M, the murder of Carol Thompson. It is about a murder that took place in the Highland Park neighborhood in 1963. Dad, did you or your sibs know the Thompson girls? Do you remember anything about the murder? The three girls went to Highland Park High School, the boy to SPA. I think the youngest is about two years younger than my dad. It was kind of odd to read an account of a crime where I knew all of the locations. Fascinating though, and the book was great because the second half dealt with the aftermath. How the kids grew up with their mom dead and their dad in jail for it. It also discussed how the kids dealt with their dad after he was released. I highly recommend this to anyone curious about a slice of local history.