I finished Joe Country by Mick Herron a few days ago. It’s part of his Slough House series. I picked it up after the most recent season of Slow Horses left me wanting more. The book picks up right where the show leaves off, in both the story and how it’s told. The tone and humor of the show clearly draws from the book, and the characters are portrayed almost exactly the same between them.

I’ve started reading Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. I liked No Country for Old Men. So far it’s a couple of vignettes with the main character. It’s less driven and tense than No Country, but the poetry of his writing makes it no less enjoyable.

I’ve been taking photos of the tear down of a local mall, Collin Creek. They’ve stripped out most of the building, leaving just the base structure.

It’s surreal to walk around the shell of a place that I have memories of

I dropped my dutch oven while cleaning and it failed spectacularly.

I don’t have a sentimental attachment to it, but having to buy a replacement will sting. I’m hoping that the Le Creuset customer service will help me out, it seems like they have a policy of one time discount for user-error failures.