The things we do for love

...of our doggies!  Sheese.

It stormed here last night.  Nothing really major, just a few boomies and lots of rain.  All that freaks my dog right out.  She prowls around the bedroom and flops (70 pound doggie here) in two of her favorite spots next to my bed.  And then pants.  Loudly.  Accompanied by lots of drool which she then has to smack her lips to clear up, followed by more panting.  So to help ease her anxiety, because I could happily sleep right through the storm no problem, I turn on the fan for some white noise.  Way up on high so she can just barely hear the storm.  And hopefully let us both go back to sleep.  Now if that isn't love, I don't know what is.

I also have a vintage Star Trek Novel review.  Which I really stink at but its one of my very favorites that I have read over and over through the years so I'm gonna review anyway.  Dreams of the Raven by Carmen Carter is everything I love in a Trek book.  First off, it's McCoy-centric, but not the Bones we know and love.  During a devastating attack on the Enterprise while coming to the aid of a merchant vessel that's been attacked (yadda yadda), McCoy sustains an injury which causes him to lose his memory.  The interesting thing about this book is that the newly awakened McCoy really doesn't like Jim Kirk much at all and seems to be bonding more with Spock.  But it turns out that McCoy's loss of memory is the key to winning the day in this particular adventure.

This one is filled with lots of action, some of it rather graphic for it's day and genre.  And we get a look into Bones' past and a bit of how he was before joining Star Fleet..  This new McCoy is rather apalled by Bones and fights tooth and nail to have another chance at life.

Not such a great review, but it IS a great book.