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Happy Monday to my (2?) readers!

If you're reading this in Manitoba, perhaps you'll relate to the way I'm feeling today. Yesterday was a dreary, dismal, absolutely depressing day- and it stayed like that until the sun went down. Clouds, rain, chilly winds, leaves turning yellow. Seasonal depression is on the horizon, I just know it.

Today, however, is bright and sunny- windy too, but mostly sunny. And I'm thankful for it. Will I be spending much time outside? No. Will I even be looking out the window? Doubt it- I'm writing this, aren't I? But still, I find it to be a good practice to be appreciative of the brighter things in life.

Today, this blog feels more like a small talk blurb than anything else, and for that I am sorry. I'm sure that in your search for the post this morning you were hoping for something a little more juicy, but instead you got what you might get while in line at Walmart; comments on the nice weather. 

The only interesting thing I have to say right now (because I haven't left the house yet today) is that I ordered two books on Amazon last night. 

I like to read for fun and for education. Recently, when I read, I read with the intent to learn how to write things. For example, like I said in a previous blog, I'm reading Jack Reacher to learn how action blocking is done. 

In the vein of that idea, I realized that I have little to no experience with romance sequences or writing, so I scoured Amazon for two books that might help me. 

The first is a novel by Sally Rooney titled "Normal People." The book had been turned into a TV show several years ago- a show that I absolutely loved. So I bought that one. 

The other book I purchased is by Katee Robert titled "Neon Gods." I will not explain the type of book it is, only that it is a modern adaptation of the Persephone story.  (Young bride gets captured by the god of the underworld.) You can draw your own conclusions on what the book is going to be like, and you're probably spot on. 

Neither of these books are necessarily in my regular scope of interest, and that's why I bought them. If you as the reader are interested in either of them when I am finished, please reach out and I'll lend or give them to you. 

Anyways, those are coming in this week, and I'll get crackin' on them as soon as they're here.

That's it for today, thanks for listening. 

Cheers.

Chase Winter 

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