reading

I just finished one of the best books.  "Juliet" by Anne Fortier.  It was so good.  I love Shakespeare's plays. When I was about 13 years old, the movie "Romeo and Juliet" came out.  I went to see it a lot of times.  I even bought the sound track.  I knew that play by heart.  I haven't picked up the play in years and was delighted when I saw the book "Juliet" at Barnes and Nobles.  I read the overview of the book and bought it on my nook.   I was very surprised that the play was based upon a true story.  Shakespeare changed the city in which the true story took place.  The actual story was written as Romeo and Giulietta in 1476 by a writer named Masuccio Salernitano, and went through many changes, it was the story that ended up on Shakespeare's desk.  The original story took place in Siena and Shakespeare placed his story in Verona. 
The book was actually two stories, the story of Romeo and Juliet and the story of a modern Romeo and Juliet.  I liked that the modern story ended happy instead of in tragedy as the original version.  I have read about 30 or more books this summer and this was far the best book I have read.  I finished it in about 2 days. 

August

Hard to believe we are now into August.  The month of August has always been a busy month.  Mama's birthday is this month.  She will be 84 on the 17th.  I am so thankful that I still have my mom.  She is doing pretty good being 84.  I look at my mom who is the oldest of 5 children, her three sisters have not fared as well as mama.  One sister has passed away and the two others are in advanced stages of Alzheimer's. One brother who is doing fairly  good health wise.
It is hard watching your parents get old.  Then you begin to look at your self and realize you are also getting old.  The cycle goes on.