Recommending Read: The Teahouse by the Tracks by Eric Schoeniger

I just finished The Teahouse by the Tracks, the first novel of Eric Schoeniger and I loved it.  At the core, it’s the story of five random (or are they?) people drawn together by circumstance and the strands of other relationships outside of their group that make them who and what they are, past, present and future. 

It’s been a long time since I’ve had the pleasure of reading a novel with such wonderful character development.  The narrator brings you inside of each character’s world through their musings, their actions, and their inactions so well that I really started to believe Janet, Charles, Ben, Ann, and Paula were real and that they were frozen in time as when I put the book down, and that they sprung to life as soon as reading resumed.

The author has an amazing way of integrating philosophies, viewpoints and observations via the characters’ self-awareness and lack of the same.  The writing was so descriptive yet not overbearing and I found myself reading for hours on end, forgetting that I was a bystander and not somehow a part of the story.

If you’re looking for something simple and enjoyable with lots of great imagery and characterizations and well-constructed musings, spend some time at The Teahouse by the Tracks.

A Good Day So Far

I've been more busy than usual, which is saying a lot...it's been non-stop with the business since I came back from Hilton Head early on 9/4 to work on a new business pitch due that week.  I try to keep this blog to the personal side so I will spare the details of everything that's transpired on that front and just record that so far, today is pretty good.  Here's why:


1.  I found my favorite earrings that i thought I'd lost in Boston.  We left Boston in a hurry a month ago after an event and I remember throwing them in a bag.  I thought it had been one of my suitcases or briefcase.  When I couldn't find them after much looking, I gave them up as lost.  They're just costume jewelry, but they were my favorites.  Today, I found one at the bottom of a purse which made me empty everything in that purse, and the other one was in my make-up bag that I had looked in previously.  So yeaaa.
2.  I found out that my favorite car wash does dent repair, so in 2 weeks my favorite car will no longer have a dent in the side of it.  They are getting rid of the scratches too.  Small thing to be excited about, but I've never really had any damage to my cars and this one, my favorite, had something happen to it while I wasn't around, so I'm glad I can get it repaired.
3.  Wil sold back a bunch of video games to Game Stop in Plainsboro.  The guys working there are really cool and clued him into all kinds of ways to get bonus points, better deals, etc.  Long story short, he walked out with $215 and is thrilled.


So thank you to the good forces that seem to have aligned for today.  Oh, and thank you for helping me to help Rachel find her phone...she emailed that it was missing and I called it 3-4 times before she found it.  It's a little smelly, she found it in the garbage can.  But she's got it back, so that's 4 good things so far.