A Random Life

" . . . and then my life flashed before my eyes . . ."

It happens all the time. Up in my work room, where I sit with my laptop adding to the Elizabeth Goodweather Appalachian Mysteries, I have only to glance up to see my backup computer -- a desktop model -- entertaining itself by randomly flashing pictures from my files on its screen.

They're just up for a few seconds -- barely long enough for me to identify time and place . . . Old Fort? last December?

















. . .there are lots of flowers, of course . . .

















. . . and some pictures that make me smile . . .



















Many are of the view to the east -- like this snowy day in winter . . .

















Lots of sunrises . . .
















And some pictures that never got properly edited . . .

There are pictures that make me look twice -- where in the world . . .? Oh, I remember -- Baltimore,the Inner Harbor, Bouchercon last year . . .




















Familiar places -- like the old brick building at the bridge -- the inspiration for the Troll's home in DARK SEASON . . .





















Idyllic places like this lovely old house in the Cotswolds . . .


















Sometimes I'm startled by an unfamiliar face . . .























. . . and sometimes I look up to see my grandmother and her sisters, smiling at me from a hundred years ago . . .
















I am in love with this random slideshow and it is my sincerest wish that should I be comatose, moribund, senile, or otherwise unable to communicate, that my caregivers would provide this for me to watch, rather than television.

(Note to self -- add provision to Living Will.)