Woman Without a Future
Phyllis A. Whitney, prolific author has solved her last mystery, dying from being really, really old at the age of 104. Her 75 novels, all with plots seemingly derived from Our Gang shorts, spanned from 1941’s “A Place for Ann,” about young women doing odd service jobs; her last, 1997’s “Amethyst Dreams,” about a woman who stands to inherit a fortune before disappearing. Her novels, mostly mysteries for children, were notable for fast pacing, light reading and lots of cliffhangers, sort of an ancient female Dan Brown.
7 Pooligans skipped to the last page of this mystery, Michelle’s - Die Another Day - Just Before November 30 moves into 3rd, Mark’s Nonagenarians Gone Wild takes 4th, Kirsti’s Geri(atrics) and the Pacemakers is now in 7th, and Jon (with his first-ever hit), Shawn’s Team Oldest, Steve and Monty’s Great Hits of Brits & Lits dogpile into 17th. In historical news, with Whitney’s death, Kirsti’s 2004 and 2005 lists are the first to complete GHI bingo – with all 10 entries dying.
The Maltese Fallen
Fra Andrew Bertie, a descendant of Britain’s royal Stuart family who was grand master of the Knights of Malta, has died at the age of 78. Bertie was the 78th grand master of the Knights, a 900-year-old charitable order – kind of like what the Stonecutters became under Homer. Officially known as the Sovereign Military Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, the society has the status of an independent state and operates in 120 countries, providing medical and social services, particularly in war zones and impoverished areas.
An annual tradition in the GHI is to tally the listees Mark gave up on too soon – here’s his first – Bertie was one of his 2007 – Royal Oldsters.
7 Pooligans skipped to the last page of this mystery, Michelle’s - Die Another Day - Just Before November 30 moves into 3rd, Mark’s Nonagenarians Gone Wild takes 4th, Kirsti’s Geri(atrics) and the Pacemakers is now in 7th, and Jon (with his first-ever hit), Shawn’s Team Oldest, Steve and Monty’s Great Hits of Brits & Lits dogpile into 17th. In historical news, with Whitney’s death, Kirsti’s 2004 and 2005 lists are the first to complete GHI bingo – with all 10 entries dying.
The Maltese Fallen
Fra Andrew Bertie, a descendant of Britain’s royal Stuart family who was grand master of the Knights of Malta, has died at the age of 78. Bertie was the 78th grand master of the Knights, a 900-year-old charitable order – kind of like what the Stonecutters became under Homer. Officially known as the Sovereign Military Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, the society has the status of an independent state and operates in 120 countries, providing medical and social services, particularly in war zones and impoverished areas.
An annual tradition in the GHI is to tally the listees Mark gave up on too soon – here’s his first – Bertie was one of his 2007 – Royal Oldsters.
Labels: Andrew Bertie, Phyllis Whitney
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