THE NEXT INSTALLMENT OF GUESTS

Sooooo, Jim IV arrived today, BJ and Jerry are leaving early in the morning, and Brenda will come down on Friday. I hate to see BJ and Jerry leave; we have had a lot of fun. But they will be looking forward to getting home to their new puppy, Monty.

Jerry doesn't like sudden loud noises and he has had to put up with plenty of that down here. In the first place, jets go over from Tyndall Air Force Base all the time, sometimes breaking the sound barrier. The boom shakes the whole house and startles us all, but especially Jerry. Also, the other night we were eating dinner with Rufus under the table going for the crumbs. All of a sudden, he came forth with one of his loud shrill barks and Jerry's fork flew straight up in the air and landed on the floor. BJ and I laughed so hard we could hardly eat.

Changing the subject, remember when I talked the other day about Intruder in the Dust, the movie made from a book of William Faulkner's that featured our uncle's house in it? Well, I found a copy online and ordered it. I can hardly wait to watch it and relive those memories of when we used to visit Oxford and stay in that house.

I sincerely hope the movie is better than the book. Faulkner is not one of my favorite authors. I read Intruder at some point in my life and the main thing that stands out was that one sentence of his went on for seven pages!! I'm serious!!

That could be one reason I don't particularly like his books!