8 days without local hockey ....

it'll be a long stretch - the 'guyz' will be traveling and playing elsewhere.
But there's plenty to do as volunteer on the arts and opera front.
Plus Austrian National Day Celebration (celebrating the departure of the "FOUR IN A JEEP" from Post WWII Austria on 15. October 1955).

And I really must get to review "Playing Naomi", the first novel by Erika Rummel.
It's a somewhat convoluted story, a story within a story with plenty psychological over- and undertones.

A bit biographical.. that's just my feeling, as the proverbial 'THEY' say 'most writers inject some personal experiences and feelings into their works'.

A hint of Oedipus, maybe.
A hint of multiple personalities in play.
Obsessions/hatred by son for/against mother!
Youthful female partner for female lover.
Sexual obsession by male for female icon which is fulfilled.
Female assistant to reclusive icon feels lost without her, and transfers her obsequious behaviour to the actress hired by recluse to pose as her!
Playing the role of Naomi in the end takes over the life of the 'actress' hired to do so.

Made me feel like it would serve well for Benjamin Britten Opera (akin "The Turning of the Screw" - to be presented shortly by HGO).

A bit of Hemingway's writing style present, perhaps?
But well and tersely written.
It's really quite hard to put down until the finish.
Recommended for readers who wish to be challenged and enjoy plots!