I just finished reading this book last night and enjoyed it so much that I thought I'd share it with you. It's one of those action-adventure books with quite a bit of history (some accurate and some fictionalized), archeology and art, very much in the same vein as the Dirk Pitt stories by Clive Cussler. To a certain extent it's also like The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown ... an exciting "historical" mystery leading to different treasures. It's a fast-paced read and would make a great action flick, but only if it's less than two hours.
After finishing it I kept thinking back to those art history classes in college that kept showing all the beautiful mosaics and frescoes from Crete. I'm especially taken with the little snake goddess figurine that they found in Knossos. There's something about the beautiful layers on her skirt and that little apron that I'd like to work with. Perhaps I need to add another doll to my list of projects. Wonder if the colors were originally so subtle and earth-toned? Or were they once extremely bright and more jewel-toned instead? Anyway, I think that I'll just put this on the back burner and let it simmer for a while.
On the house front, we met with the insurance claim rep and made a recorded statement. It went pretty well, but the next step is for their internal auditors to calculate what it would cost to replace the stolen items. Hmmm, see here's where I can see a dark room filled with people hunched over computers checking out discount sites and ebay for the best bargains. Hopefully we will be compensated enough to cover the losses. Fingers crossed.
Meanwhile I still am waiting for the new computer. They've sent the monitor but it's pretty useless sans PC so it remains in its box, unopened. The nice people at Dell said that it should be here October 23rd so I'll just have to be patient a bit longer. And I've been wanting to try out EQ5 for the last week or so since it arrived. Ohhhh, okay, guess I'm not a super patient person ... but I really want to try it out. I've been sketching some quilt ideas but have a feeling that it'd go so much faster, and more accurately, with EQ5. But I have been able to work on a couple of my list items. I'll just have to wait a bit longer before I can get pictures of them up again.
