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 LHC #180: "The Red Wolf Conspiracy" by Robert V.S. Redick.  Hard copy; the library doesn't even had this in digital. The first 50 pages were really confusing, but fortunately I don't usually give up until around p. 60, by which things were going great. But it never completely gelled for me, it felt sort of like reading someone's D&D campaign.  LHC #181:  "And then they came for me (Rosewater)" Maziar Bahari.  After reading a few of these "trapped in an Iranian prison for dubious reasons" books I kind of get the idea: Iranian interrogators are idiots with no real goal of getting information. Unfortunately, my fictional character who spends time in an Iranian prison does not really get interrogated that much, he's a different kind of prisoner.  LHC #182: "Burning down the house: essays on fiction" by Charles Baxter. eBook. Seemed kind of mean-spirited at times, but I did get some ideas for my current problem, which is endings.

  Wind/Water/Salt Chapters 39-51:  Still n eed to take up comments and revise.  Persephone  (probably not its real name): Kept writing on towards the ending.  Short Stories:  Needing something to post to OWW, I worked on one, stripping out some bad choices I think. Hope.  Critted  12  Got back  1  Submissions  0  Out there  1  Rejects  0 Knitting Striped long-sleeved t-shirt  (self).  Started the month with four inches of the first sleeve. I did another few. This thing is dull.  Tay Tartan cardigan  (Martin Storey). Started the month with 9 inches of the first sleeve. This sleeve is now done and attached to the body, and I've started the next sleeve.  Extra Whip socks  (Coffeehouse knits). Finished the sixth sock, started the seventh. I Yam pullover  (self). Back was already done; I'd just started a sleeve when this month started. That sleeve is done and I've started the front.  Last month I said I cut out a jumper to go with that t-shirt.  That was a lie. But now I have cu