Inherit the Wool is out into the world. I celebrated with an Impossible burger and a
cappuccino at the Medici in Chicago. The
Impossible burger is a new veggie burger, actually vegan. I’ve been a vegetarian for over 35 years
which means I haven’t had anything but veggie burgers for all that time. Veggie burgers are shaped like hamburgers and
but that’s mostly where the similarities end.
Impossible burgers are different. They actually seem like meat – the taste, the
smell, the texture. I’m pretty easy to
please, but when my meat eating family heard about them, they tried them in
L.A. and were won over.
Chicago weather lived up to its erratic reputation. It was in the sixties when I got here, went
up to the eighties for a couple of days and today was blustery and cold. Tonight the heat in the building went
on. I have been watching the leaves on
the tree outside my window go from green to mostly yellow in the few days I’ve
been here. The sidewalks are littered
with leaves and last night the strong wind sent them fluttering down.
I have been paying a lot of attention to the details of
everything here as the new thing I’m working on takes place in Chicago in
October. Actually my main character
Veronica Blackstone lives in my place.
So, I have been mentally redecorating it for her.
I went downtown today to meet my dear friend Penny. We have known each other almost all our lives
and it’s fun to share memories. I had another
reason to go downtown. Penny lives in
the area where the murder takes place in the new thing I’m working on, so I was
checking out balconies on high rises since the victim meets her end by going
off of one. I was amazed at how many of
the tall buildings had balconies. Some
were on very high floors and frankly seemed a little creepy to me.
I also wanted to walk down Wabash Avenue. The elevated train runs down the middle of
the street, well, actually over the middle of the street. I have seen it a million times, but never
really looked at it. Because I was going
to describe the tracks over head with the rumbling trains, I wanted to really
look at it. It’s always hard to know exactly
how to describe things. Too detailed and
it gets kind of boring, but too vague and nobody will be able to picture
it. As I was looking at a train going
down the tracks, I thought what a weird set up it was and I noticed that some
of the supports holding the tracks up looked like giant bug legs.
I was looking for a location for a dance gym that is in the
story. Wabash Avenue and really all of downtown Chicago has been going through
a lot of changes. The kinds of stores
have changed. The grand looking building that used to house my dentist is now
part of the University I went to.
Retails stores have disappeared along with a lot of the restaurants. I imagined that the dance gym would be in something
that was formerly retail space. Wouldn’t
you know it, I passed exactly what I was looking for. It’s always easier to describe something you’ve
actually seen.
It is also fun to look at places and think of how I would
describe them. It is like seeing
everything in a fresh way.
It keeps life interesting.
4 comments:
It's exciting to think of a new series coming to life. Please don't give up on Molly and Casey though--our old friends are so important !
Congrats on your new release! And I do keep track somewhat of Chicago weather because of relatives living near there, and I noted the quick change in temperature. Wow.
Have fun studying the area for research!
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