Chet The Dog

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Biographical Detail

Today – tennis! Still playing outdoors here on Cape Cod. The light’s so different at this time of year – a handy excuse for lousy play. Here, irrelevantly, a springtime pic.

Beginnings

On Sunday we do beginnings, taking a look at the start of a Peter Abrahams novel, including those written under the Spencer Quinn moniker™. As a kind of a shout out to Roger Federer, let’s do a book where tennis plays a role. There are a few, including The Tutor, Lights Out, Thereby Hangs a Tail, and – coming next summer! Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge. And there’s this one, A Perfect Crime:

Thursday, the best day of the week – the day of all days that Francie was predisposed to say yes. But here in the artist’s studio, with its view of the Dorchester gas tank superimposed on the harbor beyond, she couldn’t bring herself to do it. The problem was she hated the paintings.

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It’s the member guest tournament at our little tennis club. I’ll be sporting my new orange shoes. Of course, any mention of tennis makes me think of Mrs. Plansky these days.