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Thanks to all who posted!

Darr

The sequel to The Orca King is at hand

But darn it--I'm having trouble picking a title.

Basis: Saber has completely lost faith that true love exists. While reading "The Orca King" ebook, she devices a plan to destroy a street on Orca Island called "Lover's Lane." While staying at Doe Bay in a little cabin directly across from the Sweet Spot Yurt, she notices a very attractice man, who smiles slyly at her and makes her thing that perhaps one more romp wouldn't hurt before she swears off me and goes to jail for defacing public property. While relaxing in the natural hot springs at Doe Bay, a Shamanic pracitioner/student from Bastyr University tells her that the reason she hasn't been able to spot the very special albino deer that hands out at Doe Bay is perhaps because Saber and the deer share a spirit. They can't be in the same place at the same time. Saber learns to embrace her difficulties as well as successess while getting to know (and romp with) the handsome man in the Sweet Spot Yurt. Eventually she will discover the truth about herself, and this man.

This book is written with humor--as it pokes fun at me! The author of the Orca King!

Some title ideas:

Doing In Lover’s Lane
In Search of Lover’s Lane
Doe Bay
Doing Doe Bay
Finding the Sweet Spot
The Orca Prince
After the Orca King
Chasing Orca
At the Crossroads of Enchanted Forest and Lover’s Lanes
The Orca King Rides Again
Doing the Albino
Making Waves in the Forest
The Orca King, Jr.
Deer Orca King
Fiction Walking
Fiction Swimming
The Sweet Spot
The Sweet Spot Yurt
Son of Big Tom

What do you think? The person who helps me develop the title will receive a free copy of the book when it comes out. Thanks!

Darr

Jack and I have a date today

I'm going to Pirates No. 3 today! But here's my favorite clip (taken by me, with my camera posed at the TV while my daughter hit pause on the DVD) from Pirates No. 2.

****hours later****

All righty then. POTC3 has all of the stuff that made the first movie SO WONDERFUL and all of the fabulous CGI effects that made the second movie so facinating. I've never been a big fan of incredibly thin actresses who should be eating a sandwhich instead of shopping for another size zero dress, but goodness...Keira Knightly was astoundingly good in this movie. She steals the show. She is no shrinking violet, I dare say. She is the King. There was just enough romance tossed into this wild adventure to make me gush with delight and of course, we meet Jack Sparrow's father. And mother. Kind of.






Loved it. Walked out the theater door and went back to the box office and bought tickets for Sunday 10:30 a.m Me and the kid loved this movie!

Darr

Who says old men can't run?

The students were counting strides from 3 horses each walking, extended walk, collected walk, extended collected walk, trot, extended trot and cantor. This is my daughter's riding instructor galloping the old man of the stable--a retired racehorse. That's me in the background with the "Oh, my!" and my daughter yelling "I love you!"

The Running of the Dauchshunds

After a long day of recording the strides of various horses over a 108 foot stretch of an arena, we were all a little nuts. Thereby, came the running of the dauchshund. The data will be added to my daughter's science project. I hope her teacher has a sense of humor. (Yes, that's moi sniggering in the background.)