New Orleans
Mar. 1st, 2026 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redbirdWe’ve been in New Orleans for a few days, enjoying warm weather and eating outdoors— cattitude in particular needed to get away from winter. Not as much interesting food as we’d hoped, but lunch today was at a lebanese restaurant, where we tried Lebanese iced tea, made with rosewater— the server apologized because she thought we had asked for it instead of ordinary sweet tea. My grilled shrimp and rice were also excellent.
Then we wandered through the French Market, and bought hats, a shoulder bag, and a smaller cros-body bag.
We rounded the afternoon off by listening to the drum circle in Congo Square, which has been weekly for more than 300 years. My brother suggested than because our hotel is across thethe street street from the park.
More when I get home ; we’re flying back tomorrow
Book Review
Mar. 1st, 2026 09:07 pmkenjariby Agatha Christie
This is the fourth Miss Marple mystery and it is my favorite so far. In the village of Chipping Cleghorn, the town paper carries an announcement one day that a murder will occur that evening at the home of Letitia Blacklock. Assuming it is some sort of murder mystery game, many of the townsfolk show up. The light go out, a burglary is attempted, shots are fired, and a man ends up dead, although evidence points to Letitia being the intended victim. Two more people end up dead in the days following the initial murder. Miss Marple happens to be in Chipping Cleghorn, visiting her niece, and gets involved in figuring out who is doing the murdering, and how and why they are killing people.
I enjoyed this one a lot. It was quite twisty, with hidden identities, multiple suspects, and an interesting web of relationships among the villagers (including a friendship between two women that looked more like a Boston marriage to me). Miss Marple's powers of observation and ability to get people to reveal things in the course of friendly conversation are very front and center. I also liked the glimpse into the way WWII refugees were viewed in rural England of the late 1940s.
