Added another 6-7 pages of what I was working on yesterday. So the writing is happening. I realized that it is in rush format, so the story is condensed to a point where I have literally written most of 4-5 chapters into a short story. The good point is that I can expand from here. At least the general idea is down.
Finished "Bluebeard" last night. Excellent book. Started David Foster Wallace's "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again". Interesting so far.
It dawned on me in my research that the Hiroshima bomb was dropped 70 years ago this past Thursday (August 6th) and the Nagasaki bomb was dropped 70 years ago this past Sunday (August 9th). It is said that somewhere between 129,000 and 329,000 deaths came from these bombs. (The numbers are to my best memory of the estimates.) Although the bombs were dropped to end a war and prevent the invasion of Japan, a large number of the casualties were civilians. As a combat veteran, my heart goes out to the people of Japan and the memories of those lost. Regardless of whose side anyone was on, one is too many civilians to die in a war and World War II was plentiful when it came to civilian casualties.
So now that we are all reflective and sad... Cheer up. Today was Hump Day.
That is all for now. More to follow.
Joe
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