"Of course you do it...

We all do it. We love to do it. I just did it and I'm ready to do it again. Don't tell me you don't do it."

I'm referring to blogging, of course. Quite addicting, isn't it? It's good to be a blogger.

Spooky? Or perhaps just serendipity.

I'm currently reading Amanda Quick's Second Sight. Being a book addict, I usually carry my current read in my purse or leave it in my car, just to make sure I have it to read at lunch, in line, in the waiting room etc. For some reason, I took the book out of my purse Thursday night. As a result, I arrived at work Friday morning and realized I didn't have it to read at lunch. I was upset but I had another Amanda Quick book in my car so lunchtime wouldn't be a total loss.

Late in the work morning I went to the break room to get a diet soda pick me up. I don't usually go to the break room because I bring a can of soda and my snacks with me to work. However, on Friday I wanted a diet cola instead of a diet 7Up (I needed the caffeine). I walked into the break room and lo and behold, sitting on the free book table is Second Sight. Considering Second Sight is part of the Arcane House series and deals with psychic abilities, I must ask, was it coincidence or something more? The world may never know.

Want a castle? Would you settle for a plantation?

I was in Richmond, Virginia last week and I visited Berkeley Plantation and Shirley Plantation. Both are beautiful historic homes with a great deal to offer anyone who is interested in Colonial America. Surprisingly, both are also still privately owned. Shirley Plantation is the oldest, family-owned business in America. However, it's how it stayed in the family that I find interesting. When the Carter family hit the end of the male line in the 1950s, the remaining daughter was instructed to find a male relative with the Carter last name and give him the plantation. A second cousin was found and the plantation with all it's history was given to him.

If anyone out there has a spare plantation/castle/title that they need to pass on, I am available. Contact me, please!