hide and seek.....

ok, so i have been playing a casual game of hide-and-seek of late with the ups guy.......he hides my packages, and i have to find them......i suspect that he is avoiding dogs, though these days the oldest dog is sequestered int he litchen behind the babygate, and the dog we share with the neighbors is hanging out on their porch........regardless of reasoning, i have found packages....usually but not always books,.......in the garage on top of the trash cans, behind the middle planter that sits between the 2 bays of the garage, on the porch (on either of the rocking chairs or the red church pew.....or just laying up against the front door) or hanging off of the mailbox handle secured by a rubber band.......i am expecting 4 books as we speak, 2 are mine, from amazon...and the others are textbooks my eldest bought on-line that he needs soon.......the amazon books were ordered last tuesday......and ordering them has proven to be a mistake, as they will be coming from the big amazon warehouse in lexington........less than 1 hour away.....and by this time i oculd have driven to lexington and bought them myself at joseph-beth...the candystore for booklovers......more expensive going that route, as i have never bought just what i came for when i entered that store........not like i do not have other books to read......i am working on a blog-style book about the red sox winning season.......and that book of book reviews by michael dirda........though my middle child has absconded with it for the time being........and i have nyc guidebooks to read over before april......gentle readers.....if you have restaurant suggestions, especially any around moma, i would appreciate this knowledge.......but i digress.......of course, i could just go to the library........the old joke around here about our house on the hill is about books....just how many books will it take before the weight drags the house down to the creek........hopefully we are nowhere near that number.......but should that happen, be aware, gentre readers, that it was worth every volume.........