Alexander McCall Smith. My newest and certainly now, my favorite author. I've been reading the complete "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series of books and really have never read anything with such uplifting and interesting content except maybe the book "To Kill A Mockingbird". Book after book (so far), I find wonderful insights into human nature as Mma Ramotswe, the delightful, traditionally built African lady detective solves little mysteries for her varied clientele. All of the characters in these books are wonderful and you have to read the books to appreciate them. It's more than I can describe herein. I discovered these books by chance at the library and later found out that they are very popular. My daughter asked me one day if I had heard of them and of course, I had. I'd already been reading them. We are both fans. In addition, I have watched the HBO produced first season of Ladies Detective Agency - a well done production. Rather a little prettier than I imagine McCall Smith had envisioned, but nonetheless, good. One addition of a homosexual male hairdresser, not a character in any of the books, is the Hollywood signature along with the "prettiness". I personally believe homosexuals are like the rest of us (except in the most obvious way), but as usual, Hollywood must insist that we, the public, are ignorant of how good these individuals can be and they must educate us. I wonder what McCall Smith had to say about such an overt character addition to his work. If I have any criticism of the series, it's that Hollywood can't keep themselves from trying to influence us all about their beliefs and using entertainment as their tool. Once you have read the books, you realize, that the HBO production is not true to the books in many ways as it does the usual "appeal to the masses" thing.Mma Ramotswe is played by a beautiful, traditionally built (heavy/fat) women named Jill Scott. Her manners and lovely smile in her pretty face show how a person of weight can also be sexy and very attractive.
Although I've never been to Africa, it appears to me that this show depicts some aspects of it quite well.
MY FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE
My life is very full. We survived this past winter by keeping very busy making our floating rock sculpture. Click the Sky Rock Sculpture link to the right for a tour. This has been a big focus for Merle and I as we prepare for a couple of show type events this coming summer. We are hopeful that we will be able to sell sculpture and to actually make some money. This will require a fairly large amount of sales as we have managed to already spend a fairly large sum on materials, fees, equipment, etc..
Our grandson, Keir is a delight and I continue to post videos of him on his blog - also a link to the right. He is talking some now and we hope to hear more and more very soon.
Today is to be a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures. I will babysit Keir later today and he and I will spend our afternoon out on the deck enjoying the sun, the sky and the fresh air.
