This afternoon was spent reading in the shade by the pool.  I finished Good Kings, Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum, which is the current selection for Terry's bookclub, which meets next Monday.  

"Bellwether Award winner Susan Nussbaum's powerful novel invites us into the lives of a group of typical teenagers - alienated, funny, yearning for autonomy - except that they live in an institution for juveniles with disabilities.  This unfamiliar, isolated landscape is much the same as the world outside: friendships are forged, trust is built, love affairs are kindled, and rules are broken.  But those who call it home have little or no control over their fate. Good Kings Bad Kings challenges our definitions of what  it means to be disabled in a story told with remarkable authenticity and in voices that resound with humor and spirit."

I like this spot where two of the creeks converge (and have taken several pix I just haven't posted) but this afternoon when I went by I noticed that someone was making excellent use of it!