Simply amazing

Something wonderful and unforgettable happened yesterday to me and Ralph. It was a beautiful day.

I'm going to write about it, but I'm hoping we'll get a photo e-mailed to us that I can use to illustrate the post.

And no, we didn't win the lottery. It's more important than that.

Memoir about abusive relationship sends chills

Ralph and I went to a book signing Sunday at a small bookstore where we met a woman who wrote a memoir about the life she led with her abusive first husband.
Leslie Morgan Steiner of Washington, D.C. read several compelling passages from "Crazy Love" to a small group gathered at the store on a summer afternoon.

Here's the link to a story I wrote about her appearance.

Love is in the air (along with the dander)

Happy Valentine's Day!



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Shifting gears a bit, I saw this book quiz on Linda's blog. I'm just not sure if I agree with the results.

You're Siddhartha!
by Hermann Hesse

You simply don't know what to believe, but you're willing to try
anything once. Western values, Eastern values, hedonism and minimalism, you've spent
some time in every camp. But you still don't have any idea what camp you belong in.
This makes you an individualist of the highest order, but also really lonely. It's
time to chill out under a tree. And realize that at least you believe in ferries.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Links of blove (blog love)

This link loving in 2008 came from Joan, The Erstwhile Librarian.

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I tag:

Mimi @ Mimi Writes

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Ralphie @ Airhead55

"My Funny Valentine" (with apologies to Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)

It's one of my all-time favorite songs, because dear husband and I met two weeks before Valentine's Day in 1985.

And it was kinda love at first (or maybe second) sight.

Sigh.