This limited series was a prequel to Yellowstone and ultimately explained how the Dutton family ended up in Montana. I was particularly impressed with the acting from the real-life couple of Tim McGraw and Faith Hill (who also played a couple on the show).
I got a good deal on Paramount+ for 2 months, and that allowed me to watch Dutton Ranch and 1883. But I’m about out of time, so it looks like I’m going to have to wait until next time to catch 1923.
My rating: 4/5
This was an interesting book that explained how and why habits are formed (in both personal life and business). It had some great tips on how to break a bad habit and replace it with a good one. I will definitely consult it in the future if I’m trying to do such a thing.
Jake and I went to see Pigeons Playing Ping Pong at the Flood City Music Festival last night. We met up with one of his friends, my niece (his cousin), and her fiancé. It’s not the usual style of music that I listen to, but there’s no denying that they are a talented bunch of musicians! That was the extent of the music festival for me this year. There weren’t a whole lot of bands that I was interested in, so we just did a one-and-done this year. It was a fun night, though! And definitely worth the money to just see the one band.
This year’s trip was to WV. We stayed in a nice house along the Cacapon River. It was fairly remote, so Jake and I didn’t leave the cabin, except for a supplies run to Dollar General. Amelia just started a new job and was not able to attend this year. We definitely missed her!
Since we didn’t have anywhere to go, I took both dogs this time. Tilly doesn’t do well on her own, so I don’t like leaving her on someone else’s property if we’re going to be doing stuff during the day.
It wasn’t too far of a drive, so my parents came to visit us one day and stayed the night. It was nice to visit with them for an extended period. And they taught us how to play Rummy, which was fun!
Other than that, it was the usual for me: knitting, coloring, reading, games, puzzling, and hanging out. The house had a nice deck along the front with a river view. We were outside a lot until it got really hot later in the week. Friday was a bust, though, as the smoke from Canada descended and the air quality was terrible. We took the dogs on two short walks that day, but otherwise, stayed inside.
Since I had to cook all week, I treated us to some pizza from Ianni’s tonight. It was pretty good!
This was a book by Robert Galbraith, which happens to be a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling. At the time of purchase, I had forgotten that Rowling was a bigot otherwise I would not have bought it.
Coincidentally, there’s a psychiatrist named Robert Galbraith Heath who was a conversion therapist. Rowling says the choice of name was coincidental but come on, who is not googling their pseudonym before committing to it?
The book was well-written, but it took me a bit to get through it. It was a pretty clever whodunit but I hated the main character’s name, Cormoran Strike. It’s almost like they’re trying too hard.
My rating: 3.5/5