Flowers On My Mind

Headline of the day: Cheney not licensed to shoot birds (or friends). Love it!!!

**Update** I get home from work and find out that Harry Whittington had a minor heart attack this morning because a shotgun pellet moved into his heart muscle. He has been moved into ICU and will probably be in the hospital for another week. I now feel bad for laughing about all of this with co-workers today.

The only thing that could tear me from the Olympics is The 130th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show! And the herding group is about to start. Go Pembroke Welsh Corgi!

**pupdate** Deidre, the Pembroke, looks like Bessie!

I am so pleased to announce that after many months, broken up by a few weeks of evacuation separation, that I have finally finished Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII by David Starkey.

While I really liked this book, I can only recommend it for someone who is truly interested in Henry VIII, Elizabeth I or the Tudor Dynasty. And because it is such a heavy book and because of all the detail and innumerable major and minor historical figures that are involved, I cannot suggest this as a good vacation book. But for those who love in-depth analysis of history, it's a thorough and intriguing look at the lives of Tudor nobility, particularly women.

I am obviously on a non-fiction kick because I am starting Christina, Queen of Sweden: The Restless Life of a European Eccentric by Veronica Buckley.