Ondaatje's Divisadero

-finished Ondaatje's Divisadero last night and was frustrated by the author's filling up the first half of the book with Coop, Clair and Anne and then going off and telling the story of an obscure author who lived a hundred years ago. The only overt link was that Anne, the academic, was over in France not only doing research on this long dead author but also living in his house and on his land as she did the research. I kept waiting for the link, the pause and the return to the captivating story left hanging midway through the book. Never happens. What a bummer. However, still a good book though you might want to treat it as two stories rather than one. Now I want to read more of Ondaatje's works. First up: The English Patient.

-Was over at the golf course earlier: it is cloudy, cool, windy, and every now and then, a little wet. Closed it up after two hours. Maybe tomorrow...