This ain't no dress rehearsal folks.

 I love Maddie Please.  A wonderful author who’ve I discovered thanks to my friends at the Milo Book Club.  Let me explain.  The Wine, ‘ er Book Club was a wonderful social group of smart, fun,  creative  women where I used to live. And we actually did read books, and thru them I read The Old Birds Club.  As an over 60 something gal, the characters spoke to me, made me guffaw at times.  It was the kind of read that my dear hubby Mac would say “stop reading, you’re laughing and shaking the bed.  I’m trying to sleep”.  Hey its tough to laugh not out loud. 

And that was it - I was hooked on her writing.  Feel good stories, often with new adventures to be had by daring groups of friends who were mostly my age.  Good fun reads that wouldn’t let me put them down.  

Now were there steamy lusty bits to these books? No shades of grey thank goodness!  But lots of love, romance, wonderful honest and often goofy new encounters .  Women who took a chance, who succumbed to the call of a new challenge, of travels, and relationships.  I guess the characters were so real to me her books were easy to relate to. 

The latest book was set in Tuscany. A Vintage Vacation.   A place that has held my imagination ever since reading Under the Tuscan Sun.  In this book the main character realizes she was not getting younger, and this was it.  Her life.  Why not figure out what she wanted from it and make the most of it.  And that hit me hard.  Ok i may have 20, 25 years left.  If thats The Plan. As a friend told me “this is it, no dress rehearsal “. And I had to stop and ask myself - So just what do I want from those years?  Do I want to be That Widow who watches TV with a beer and her cat on a Saturday night?  Or do I want to push the envelope and step a wee bit out of my comfort zone?

I suspect my upcoming KIA Kar Kamping trip will be a good start at sorting that out!  I’m ready to test my air mattress, my coffee making skills on a one burner stove, and sleeping in the car.  Did I mention I’m a little scared of the dark?  Lol I’m sure Ill be ok, with my flashlight, air horn and bear spray!

Maybe I’ll text Maddie and let her know how I manage! She did friend me on Facebook after all.  Stay tuned.