It Finally Happened

According to writing wisdom, the word "finally" is not to be used except if a long string of events has occured, and then, "finally" something happened. What happened is I've been blogging "Suck It Up" for a while now, and late last fall I began a Proust blog, because I was planning to reread Proust (no finally required), and things were humming along. The Proust blog began (not finally) to get quite a few hits from all over the world, which was cool, and I discovered that LOTS of people were reading Proust and blogging about it which was even cooler. I'm on the final pages of Swann's Way, and have found the re-reading experience to be mixed, but on the whole positive.

In this blog, I've mentioned Clive James a couple times, mostly for dissing crime fiction with respect to Henry James. I have Google out searching for Proust mentions for me, because sometimes I don't open The Great Tome for a week or more, except to read while I am drying my hair (don't ask), and it's good to find something to post about, and lately I have been blogging Proust about Proust blogs.

So what pops up today but a mention of Clive James and Proust, and I have a moment of total confusion as to which blog this properly belongs in. Decided it was this one, because I had blogged about James before. Must read his new book. Must read everyone's new book. Some old books, too. Besides "Recherchez," which I'm reading in the old translation.

So what finally happened is that the blogs crossed paths.

Today is my birthday, and I just found out that May is Older American's Month. How altogether fitting and proper. We are trekking down to Nordstroms and then to Al Forno in Providence for a dinner that can't be beat. The big decision is pizza appetizer or Clams Alforno appetizer. And then entree and dessert, of course.

BTW, last night, in prep for tonight's feast, we had a diet dinner than wasn't bad. I did a riff on a salad from South Beach Diet. Grilled chicken, olive oil, lime juice, garlic, minced red bell pepper and black beans served on a bed of lettuce with a few slices of avocado. Very yummy. Sprinkled the salad with a bit of grated Mexican cheeses and some chopped cilantro. Got to have cilantro. I always do something to tamp down the diet aspect of the meal, like the grated cheese.

Beautiful Day in the Boston area. My orange rhododendrum is going to bloom. Photos anon.

A Demain,

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