There are too many things I am thankful for in this world for me to begin to count.  They range from the important and obvious (my family), to the minor but critical (Swedish Fish). But books are a huge part of it.  There are authors that have made me laugh out loud on airplanes, scaring […]

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Remember when I used to blog?  Yeah, I do too.  No, I haven’t been trapped under a large piece of furniture, unable to reach the keyboard to share a  snippet from Swim.  It’s just that November has grasped me in it’s saliva-filled mandible and masticated the ever-loving crap out of me.  I am chewed up […]

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Those of us who had to study Robert Frost (or who grew up reading the fabulous S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders…”Do it for Johnny!”) know the famous poem that begins, “Nature’s first green is gold.” But lately, in this glorious blaze of fall colors, I’ve been feeling that nature’s last green is truly gold, as well.  […]

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