The End

 I started Funny the World in March of 2000 and for most of its life wrote daily entries for nearly 25 years.  But I've decided that it's time to end.

In the early years there were lots of interesting things to write about -- dogs I fostered, my Weight Watchers stint (when I had hundreds of followers), our various cruises, when I wrote at the ship computer, and lots of other things, but now my life is pretty boring, as far as writing daily entries.  Ned brings me my breakfast (a bottle of Ensure and coffee) in my recliner, where I have slept the night.  I watch TV and the squirrels all morning, feeling guilty for not  going into my office.  i make a few tortured trips to the bathroom, limping carefully on my walker (afraid of falling again) and back again.  The afternoon is pretty much the same.  My life is the television, the squirrels and the dog.  Not much to write about.  I'm also still depressed about losing Charlotte.

So this is my last entry.  For those of you who have stayed with me all these years, I thank you so much.  I have loved writing these entries, but these days I even bore myself.

Thank you.  I love you.

Good bye.

(I will keep this blogger up so I can write Saturday 9 and Sunday Stealing occasionally, but no other entries)

Sunday Stealing

 Welcome to Sunday Stealing. This feature originated and published on WTIT: The Blog. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves.

1. Has reading a book ever changed your life? Which one and why, if yes?
   Hmmm...I don't think so.  I've read a lot of books that made me think more and research more, but I don't know that any has changed my life.

2. Do you prefer to read fiction or non fiction.
   Both.  I especially enjoy (auto)biographies, but I love fiction.
   
   
3. If you could be a character in any novel you've read, who would you be
   A lot of us have answered Jo from "Little Women."
   
   
4. Has reading a book ever made you cry?
   I pretty much cry at everything!
   
   
5. (Which one and why?)
   The most recent was Nightingale by Kristen Hannah.  It was very emotional.
   
   
6. How many books do you read a year?
   I have read 30 so far this year.
   
   
7. Name a book you had to read, but hated.
   
   
8. Why did you hate it?
   
   
9.  If someone wrote a book about your life what would it be called?
   Funny the World, of course
   
   
10. Have you ever written (or started to write) a book?
    I co-authored a book about a theater company in San Francisco and 10 years later I wrote the follow-up.
    
    
11. If you could pick a book you've read to make into a movie, what would it be?
    Oh lord, I don't know.  So many books I;ve loved have been made into terrible movies.  I guess I'd prefer to have a book be a book.
    
    
12. What was your favorite book as a child?
    I loved all horse and dog books.  I loved the Black Stallion books and the Lad a Dog books.
    
    
13. What are you reading right now?
    I just finished "Disclosure" by Michael Crichton