Although we've had a few disappointing days, overall, my partner, Therese and I have been on a pretty good roll with our bridge game. Today we played in the 'open' game (people with unlimited points may play), and we came in 3rd out of 15 teams. It's good for 1.73 master points--which is a lot for us. The winners got 3. Although we had a couple of bad boards, overall, we seemed to be in synch and were making some decent decisions. I was surprised to see that we are tied for 9th/10th in our unit's Mini McKenny contest for most master points in our category (50-100 MP as of January 1), especially as our points for April (except some at a tournament early in the month) didn't show up yet. We had a pretty good April and, so far, are having a pretty good May as well. Knock on wood.

I road the train and got some writing done. Between yesterday and today, I wrote 19 pages which is one less than the goal, but not bad, especially considering that I got a lot else done. I also got some reading done on submissions, and I'm continuing to make (slow) progress in A WORLD TOO NEAR by Kay Kenyon. Speaking of reviews, I've posted a review of an intriguing mystery, BODY TRACE by D. H. Dublin. It's a CSI knock-off but well-written. Here's my review: www.booksforabuck.com/mystery/mys_08/body_trace.html.

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