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Reading 2024 - Books 11-15

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 Reading has continued in 2024 with five more books read. A book of short stories, a book of poetry, a guide to the Galaxy, a book of mystery and suspense, and a non-fiction book about BONK. Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger This book was published in 1953. This book has been on my shelf for a very long time. I think I may got it from my dad's collection after he died but I am not sure. I finally decided to read it.  It was a good read but most of the short stories were almost like glimpses of a scene from a bigger story, with no beginning or ending. I think because Salinger was the writer in the book I just read, Shoeless Joe , it made me want to see what he could do. I think I read The Catcher in the Rye in HS, so this is my second book by Salinger. I give the book a 2.0 (Good). Dearly by Margaret Atwood A new poetry book by Atwood published in 2020. This was a book recommended for me by Goodreads . I am a fan of her novels but this is the first poetry book I have read in a long tim
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Interesting Connection.

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 I have written multiple times about my interest of connections. Sometimes it is a place, or a person or even a time or event. Whether is is Who, What, Where, When or Why, I always find the connections of interest. Maybe it is a Math thing for me. Recently, a random trip on Easter Sunday to the Wetlands along Canal 54 North of Fellsmere started me on an interesting connection. It started on a road in the middle of no where... I was walking along this road taking pictures of birds and other wildlife like alligators. It was a beautiful day and I realized I was almost in Sebastian, so I decided to head over to Captain Hiram's for a quick bite of food and maybe a beer or two.  The view from my barstool at about 11:30 AM. Being Easter, they had an Easter egg hunt earlier in the day and there were scheduled bands playing all day and into the evening. As I was eating my big plateful of mussels and drinking a Landshark draft with lime, the band started to play. They were really good and pl
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Two New Dining Places in 2024

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 In 2024, I have been reading more books than menus and I am behind my dining bucket goal for the year. But recently I visited two new places in Brevard. Both of these establishments are in buildings that have been previous restaurants that were popular. But places close, even the ones doing well, and new places try their hand at the business of serving food, drinks and maybe entertainment. Gere is my first impression of Gettin Crabby and Marker 99 . The Gettin Crabby Crab House is located on US1 in Palm Bay. For many years it was Ozzie's Crab House, which previously was in Grant when I moved to Florida back in 1979. That's right, on June 1, I will have lived in Florida for 45 years. The new place is in just the small house, located between Palm Bat Road and Port Malabar Road, on the river side of US1. I always like to take a picture of the menu. Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of crab and seafood on the menu. It was mid afternoon and I had just finished a photo walk at the Tu
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New Camera - People

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 As a rule, most of my photos are of flora and fauna and food and occasionally, family and friends. Taking pictures of people occurs and I wanted to try out the capabilities of my camera doing just that. So here are my initial assessments of the Canon R7. The user's guide that came with the camera had just the basics on camera operation, and a more extensive manual can be found online. To start, I have been using the "Automatic" mode of operation. My friend Philine took this photo of me. She said the focal point was on my eyes, one at a time. She took both shots but I have included only one since they were very similar, my big stomach being the true focal point... We were visiting friends in Satellite Beach. We walked from their house to Long Dogger's on South Patrick Drive. What was interesting about this shot was the sun was very bright behind them. Usually this darkens the faces of the people but the camera seemed smart enough to adjust for this bad lighting. Emy a
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