Status Updates From Mystery Ranch (The Boxcar C...

Wow, isn’t it SUPER convenient how after the kids winning over Aunt Jane (his estranged sister), and her signing over the land (that they grew up on, & he probably knew about the rocks & such on it), Grandfather /just happens/ to have everything set up & ready to go with setting up the mining operation… 🙃

I’m a little too cynical for kids’ books. LOL. The kids love the ranch… there won’t be much of a ranch left if they let people in to strip mine it.

And I’m kind of annoyed by the implication that they’d be obliged to let people in to mine - they’re never asked if the want to allow a bunch of strangers in, it’s just assumed. Uranium IS radioactive, though…

Christ. Xenophobic much? Henry wants a watch put out on this guy for the crime of… not being a local, and staying in the town a few days! Really?

And hopefully there’ll be some lesson about not judging based on appearances, because Jessie thinking he’s trustworthy just because she thinks he’s handsome is… really not a smart thing.

Seriously, what is this with the food thing? Maggie’s a grown adult, & the aunt is supposedly bedridden, even if it seems more from depression than physical. How could she stop her from eating if she wanted to?

Oh, 50s recipes… I am SO glad we’ve dropped a lot of them. Orange juice & a beaten egg does NOT sound appealing at all.