Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Yes, I am regressing for anyone who is familiar with this sculpture, this is a copy of the statue on the cover of "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil." I took this photo in Savannah at THE BOOK Bookstore. I wasn't able to publish the blog last night, so I finished reading John Steinbeck's "Sweet Thursday." I loved both "Cannery Row" and " Sweet Thursday," and told Mel how sad I was to have finished the books because I would miss the wonderful characters, who I came to love. Mel said that I was the character for feeling the loss of these fictional folks.

Because today is a holiday, we heard on the news that streets of Charleston were being shut down for their parade, so touring would be impossible for us. Basically, we took a day off from exploring our world. Mel slept in, which rarely happens. I read my new book, such a pleasure.

Once we got going, we took a drive out to the plantations but we wanted to eat before we toured. Amazingly, there were no restaurants for miles so we ended up heading back into Charleston in search of food. After we ate, we found a Barnes and Noble bookstore and spent an hour browsing the stacks until it was time for our movie of the week.

We went to see V for Vendetta, a strangely disturbing movie, set in 2020. There are frightening messages and sub-level messages for a movie based on a comic book. Natalie Portman was surprisingly good and V was who knows-never saw his face. We both agreed that we need to see it again to catch all the nuances.

Tomorrow, Charleston!