The floating book shop has been disrupted by the wintry weather, but the rest of the family news is good. My great nephew, Ronnie, has earned a scholarship for $16,500 to Farleigh Dickinson, which has just begun a program in pharmaceuticals, his choice of career. His dream has been to attend the University of North Carolina, but he may have to pass that up if he doesn't get a matching offer from it. I'm sure his mom is hoping he takes the former, where he would be 84 rather than a thousand miles from home. He now has his own car.
My third oldest niece, Luci, out of work for more than a year, has a promising lead on a job in the insurance industry. She worked in an office in lower Manhattan for many years. Maybe this is a sign that the economy is finally starting to pick up.
As I was channel surfing last night, I came upon yet another guitar master headlining a show on PBS. I'd never heard of Tommy Emmanuel. He is extraordinarily talented, as this clip of him banging out an old favorite will show. Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S33tWZqXhnk
Since the weather wasn't conducive to selling books, it was time to finally get some Christmas shopping done. Although visibility wasn't too good, the roads were fine, the accumulation all on other surfaces. I went to Caesar's Bay and hit Kohls and Modells. In the former I bought two items, a watch and a chain with a pendant. They were marked down so much from their sticker prices that I felt like a cheapskate. In the other I bought eight pocketed T-shirts instead of four, so low was the price. I was in and out of both places fairly quickly. Now all that's left is the purchase of gift cards, which I can get Monday morning when I hit Stop n Shop. My family is so easy to shop for. I will be taking a snow shovel to the car tomorrow in case I have an opportunity to open up the floating book shop and the area in front of Chase bank hasn't been cleared. If things don't go right weather-wise, it may be two more days on the shelf. It's no fun. I hate missing any opportunity to sell my own books, especially after not having any web sales this week.
Vic's 4th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/bszwlxh
Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Horror Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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