Doctor Who: Forest of the Dead...

I continue to love Steven Moffat's writing, and Euros Lyn's direction, and I thought the visuals were particularly superb.

I enjoyed it and was moved by it - but did I understand it? Not entirely. ( Especially... )

Book sale day...

First stop: Charles de Lint's yard sale. Last year, I was thrilled to buy a bunch of Batman graphic novels. The selection didn't seem as interesting this year, possibly because a person has trouble browsing a bunch of books - especially in boxes on the ground - with crutches. I ran into Janet and Ronn, and Roger Casselman, which was fun.

I bought one thing: Billi 99 by Sarah Byam and Tim Sale. (If you don't know Tim Sale's art from comics, you might know his work from Heroes - he draws just like Isaac did.)

Next maaboroshi and Catherine went to the rather wonderful book sale at the Arboretum - an annual even put on by Friends of the Experimental Farm. maaseru and I, unable to handle the walking or the heat, went for a drink and a bite at McDonald's.

Next: a huge book sale in an arena in Gatineau. Very heavily attended, though the books seemed well picked over. I struggled into the hot and humid arena, and looked quickly over the books in other languages - saw no Latin or Esperanto, and only a little tempting Italian. Getting that far was a major effort. I left, and sat in the car with maaseru, doing my foot exercises.

Then the heat got the better of Catherine, and we all went home to recover.

maaboroshi picked up for me an anthology of Medieval literature and a copy of The Murder of Charles the Good - I remember enjoying that greatly as an undergraduate - and a copy of the works of Lord Byron. All in one paperback edition. Tiny print. Cool.

What is it about June 7, that Ottawa has all these book sales?