Yes! The AC guys are supposed to come back this afternoon and complete the install of my Central Air-Conditioning!!

While I am not in need of Central Air-Conditioning today, it will be such a pleasure to have it this summer, if we get anther one of those god-awful heatwaves.

Normally, this old house does not really need AC because it has 21 windows and a screen door in the kitchen, and gets plenty of cross-breezes. However, some of you may recall that Little Blackie died from heat stroke last July because it was so unbelievably hot in this house. I could do nothing to save her. Thankfully, her kittens were basically weaned when she died, but overall, it was a summer from Hell. And at that point, I had to look into getting Central AC for the future.

Anyway.

With the AC guys here, it means I will be working at my kitchen table all afternoon, and the cats will be closed up in the upstairs bedrooms until they leave.

So, even though it’s my day off, it will be a little bit screwy around here again. Still, I am so grateful that I am getting the Central AC as part of a USDA Rural Development grant!! No cost to me. Yay!

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So, today, I’m planning to make a little more headway in the reformatting of the eBooks stuff.

And just FYI — if you are new to this blog, most of my more recent titles are currently unavailable as eBooks.

You can visit LULU.com for a listing of all my titles published with them, but the eBooks are sold with disclaimers that they might not be compatible with your device.

4 of my older eBooks are available on Smashwords with no issues.

Any of my out-of-print paperback titles, in English & French, are usually available everywhere as USED books.

Hachette UK has a couple of my eBook titles available everywhere: Neptune & Surf, and The Best of Marilyn Jaye Lewis.

And the Internet Archive now has:

• Lust: Bisexual Erotica
• When Hearts Collide: An Erotic Romance
• In the Secret Hours
• Stirring Up A Storm: Tales of the Sensual, the Sexual, and the Erotic, Marilyn Jaye Lewis, Editor

All 4 of those titles are available to read and/or download for free in the Internet Archive.

I am working hard to get everything organized and back on track everywhere — including updating ALL the links at MarilynsRoomBooks.com — but it’s going to take a while.

Please remember that most of my books are for Adult Readers Only. Thank you!!

And my guess is that, the minute I’ve got the cats squared away, get the laptop setup at the kitchen table and start delving into the various how-to’s for re-formatting the eBooks and the AC guys arrive — I will get a text from Sandra, saying, “Can you chat?”

And, of course, I will have to say: “YES!”

We shall see!!!

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Okay.

Yesterday afternoon, as I was preparing to head to town to see the retired Minister and his lovely wife and cat, I got a text from my favorite Japanese man’s private nurse. She said that he LOVES the rose I had brought to him for Valentine’s Day on Saturday!!

That just made my heart melt, gang. Every time I think of him looking at that rose, I just smile.

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All right!!

Here’s this!

I think it speaks for itself!

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And here’s this:

Joe Strummer in Japan in 1982:

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And here’s this!

Mick & Keith onstage, 1975:

I love any and all photos from that tour. Seeing the Stones for the first time, in Cleveland on June 14th 1975, meant so much to me, gang. I can hardly put it into words (although I will do my best once I tackle the memoir of my life in the 70s, Joy: The Shortest Season).

On July 14th 1975 — exactly one month later — because of my (divorced) adoptive parents doing their usual angry and hurtful stuff, I tried to kill myself in an effort to, you know, please them and disappear. I failed. And on July 14th, I was put into a mental institution for about 6 months.

To me back then, in 1975, photos of the Stones on tour made me feel like there was freedom and happiness somewhere…

The hospital is gone now, it was torn down. But back then, that first day, being driven through that entryway (below), was terrifying. My entire stay there was pretty terrifying. However, it taught me that I had the courage to survive a great deal of fear all on my own. That part, I never forget.

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Okay!!

And here’s this!!

Another great shot of Nick Cave in Melbourne last month:

And on a similar note…

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning that was quite moving. He replied to a young man who was grieving over having recently lost his wife to cancer. Nick said, in part:

“…there will come a time when you discover a strength beyond imagining — I believe you already know this — a resilience powered entirely by the spiritual presence of the ones who have passed away. We are made of ghosts, we grievers, and those spirits are forever beside us, as a protective force, part of the web of consciousness that interconnects all things. We can find strength in our collective losses, as long as we can free ourselves from the gravitational pull of the trauma and move forward, all our ghosts in tow, into this beautiful waiting world. We learn to cherish the present moment in joy…”

You can read it in full HERE.

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And I think that is it for today, gang! I gotta get stuff organized around here and head down to the kitchen table.

Enjoy your Monday, wherever you are in the world.

Thanks for visiting.

I love you guys. See ya!

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And speaking of the 1970s…

I leave you with this!

Oddly enough, the CD that is currently in my retro boombox next to my bed: Disc 1 from the 2-Disc collection, Once Upon A Song. Huge hit songs from the 1970s!

Here is but one!

From Janis Ian’s album, Between the Lines, her huge Top 40 hit, “At Seventeen,” from 1975 (yes, in September, when I was still in the mental hospital. I used to listen to the song on the radio next to my hospital bed — however, I was 15). Okay, a long time ago. Enjoy, gang.