Ahhhh...Autumn

I had a lovely fall morning today. It was so cool when I dropped the boys off at school that I decided to skip the elliptical and walk outside instead. I enjoyed it very much, and those cool autumn breezes more than made up for the cramp I had in my leg when I got home. So then, thinking to cool down outside, I ran in to get my book The Family Fortune and finished it right up in the cool, shady spot on my driveway. I actually considered finding a lunch spot with a patio and taking my AlphaSmart to spend some time outdoors writing, but I didn't. Didn't know if it would work anyway--I'm pretty much a creature of habit. I like to have my entire document at my disposal, easily-reference-able. And then after all that, the writing got a very slow start. When I finally picked up some momentum, the boys were already home, and the little one kept asking me if we could do an experiment with baking soda and vinegar. So the momentum sputtered and died.

I did finish The Family Fortune though, and I highly recommend it. It's a 'Radiant Retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion', if the publisher does say so themselves, and I have to agree. The author's writing actually reminds me of Jane Austen's with all her little witty jabs and clever inserts of social commentary. Having read Persuasion for the first time earlier this year, it was fun comparing the two and seeing how creative the author was with character matching. Go. Get it. Read it!