How Did I Get Here?

Wednesday

For a very long time, I have been planning to read a certain series.

OK, yeah, you are right, that covers a lot of territory since I own more books than I’ll ever get to but because I have to build these long-term stresses that preside way back in the back of my mind of things to get to. This was just one of them.

I wanted to read the “Earth’s Children” series.

The first book is “Clan of the Cave Bear” and the only thing I knew about it was that it was made into a movie with Daryl Hannah years ago which tanked big time.

Then my wife told me she read it when she was a teen bride (when we first got married) and liked it.

I always thought it was a series for kids but it was one of the plethora of things “I’ll get to” even if it meant reading a children’s series. Hell, I’m caught up with Harry Potter so who am I to talk?

Carrie tells me it’s not really just a kids book which reminded me of the argument I use on people who think the Harry Potter series is just a kids’ series. It’s not. Really. Pick it up and read a little if you don’t believe me. Go ‘head! I double-dog dare ya!

Then fate stepped in and I found the entire series at a library sale (that I saw on a sign and put it in my Outlook as a reminder. Cuz I’m THAT geeky.) I was the youngest human in the room by 8 decades.

I found the entire series for like a buck each (hardcover!) and then I discovered that Jean Auel had autographed one of them. She wrote the series if you Einsteins didn’t figure that out yet. Try to keep up.

So of course that was a sign from God that I had to start reading it.

Last night I finished “Dreaming In Code” (eh…) and thought to myself, “Self, you should start that Clan of the Cave Bear series.”

I have learned that when I talk to myself and actually refer to myself as “Self,” I had better do whatever comes next.

I won’t give it away except for the fact that so far, the main character is named Ayla and is the spitting image of the Weez.

At least in my mind’s eye when I read. But that’s just me.

Free Advice for Today: “When visitors ask, be able to recommend three or four free hometown ‘must sees.’”

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