I
was intrigued by the title of a collection of stories by Zsuzsi Gartner:
"All the anxious girls in the world". As you can imagine, the stories
here are based upon the anxieties which are somewhat unique to women.
Here, various women account their stories of the encounters they have had
with their world. This world includes the demands of people and relationships,
the predicaments that life brings one into being and just horror stories.
Some
of the stories are hilarious. There is one story about a woman who
begins to call in phony bomb threats. It started out as revenge to her
ex-boyfriend, trust me, you have to read how that relationship ended.
As she watched people leave the building, she realized how much fun it
was and it became habit forming. She then began to do for the excitement.
Another
anxiety is a women who discovers as chasing a man into the wilderness that
she loves the big city more.
Another
woman gets what many think is the dream job, a film programmer for a Vancouver
film festival. The job has its perks until one of the distraught
film producers sets herself on fire on our heroines front door step.
This was bad enough, and then some of the reactions drive her to distraction.
I can't
call this a collection of short stories, since some of them are rather
long. Generally speaking, the book was good, although I thought some
of the stories were guilty of overkill. I would recommend this weekend
read. Find the book, get out the shade chair, slip, slap and slop
and read.
I have received in the mail
a compact disc from David Wimble. He is the leader of the group "Big
Meteor". They have just released their first cd- "Wild River".
David Wimble writes with great passion and depth of meaning. These
are not your basic "Backstreet-Spice Girls" type of song; each one
is filled with meaning and can speak to your soul. There is a variety
of styles, from ballad to rock to country. Most of the music is acoustic,
so if this is your style, you may be interested in checking out this cd.
My personal favourite was the ballad "Tap on my shoulder". If you
are interested in purchasing, you may go to their web page:
www.bigmeteor.com . He also
has a page with samples, so you can enjoy the music while you wait for
your order. The sample page is: www.bigmeteor.com/samples.html
. All information regarding pricing is found on the main page.
This is music from the heart.