Still stuffed from yesterday’s feast -- lamb and pork with all the fixings, then pastries, chocolate covered strawberries, apple pie, and chocolate peanut butter squares my great niece Danielle made. Dani, a sophomore, is competing in the discus and javelin, and also is managing the boys volleyball team. Her brother Ronnie visited the University of Kentucky last week and fell in love with the place. Although he has a substantial scholarship offer from Farleigh Dickinson, a private school, it won’t cost him much more to attend that venerable out of state institution. I told him I’m still not rooting for UK basketball. We spent some time trying to figure out how to rip a four minute bloc from a DVD of a one-hour concert of his father’s blue grass band, on which Junior played guitar. Window’s Movie Maker, which I’ve used to make three simple slide shows, did not cooperate. I suggested he turn the volume way up and film the clip with his Iphone, then upload to youtube. Undoubtedly the sound wouldn’t be very good, but at least he’d have it online and would be able to replace it once he figured out how to isolate the actual clip. It was a great day, especially since traffic was as good as it gets. I paid $3.41 for gas in the Garden State. On my walk this morning I noticed that BP had gone up to $3.94! Ron Sr. pointed out that there are a number of refineries in Jersey, hence the lower price. I also got to take home a doggie bag. Just heat and serve.
I was happy to see the work on the subway station at 9th St. & 7 Av. had been completed. I've had success setting up shop there. Unfortunately, there is another, constant problem in Park Slope -- parking. I waited an hour-and-a-half for a spot to open up before I surrendered and returned to my usual nook. By then it was one PM, and I didn't have a full compliment of Russian books, so I wasn't in a good frame of mind. I'd brought along about ten prize-winning literary novels for the folks in Hipsterville. Anyway, a negative became a positive when Glove happened by. I use that term because he covers what must be an artificial hand with a black glove. Of course I would never call him that aloud. I'm always fascinated by the way he maneuvers the books and his wallet with his good hand. He bought two volumes of translated De Maupassant short stories. Spasibo, sir, and thanks also to Occupy Jack, who settled some more of his debt, and to the Lady Eve, who donated books by Mary Higgins Clarke and Pat Conroy. She mentioned that she reads only on a Kindle these days, and I went into a self promotional spiel. She seemed impressed. I'm cautiously optimistic. I've mentioned my books to several Kindle owners, and not one has followed up, not even an old friend.
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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