The Month of Letters…

This was a bittersweet month. I remember with great joy writing to my penpals, various and sundry all across the US and even some overseas. I remember doodled envelopes and inside jokes and to this day I get giddy with anticipation just checking the mail. “Is the mail here yet?” or “Did you bring in the mail?” has ever been a popular refrain in my home. I didn’t get a lot of mail this month, which was disappointing. Peter Ellis is an awesome friend from whom I got TWO mail items! But that was all. From some others, though,  I got acknowledgements of the receipt of my letter via Twitter, Facebook, text, or email.  From others, it was just like tossing letters into a void. I just came back in from sending off my last two letters. A...

Review the book, win a kimono!

I am running a raffle for a beautiful vintage haori- luminous black silk with resist-painted golden, orange, and red bamboo detailed with satin-stitch embroidery dating from the 1960s-1980s. This was imported directly from Japan and has been kept in a smoke-free home protected from dust and dog hair in a locking plastic bin. How can you get your hands on this beautiful article of Japanese artistry? Simple! Review Seven Times a Woman and leave the link to your review here at this blog entry. The winner will be selected by random lot from all legitimate entries received on 1 May 2012. A legitimate entry is constituted by a substantive review in English posted on a blog- personal or professional and/or a review posted to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads,...

Testing LJ!

Do you read me? Now to figure out how to bounce to DW AND LJ…

Everything is shiny and new!

Wow, I have a new webspace, and still trying to get used to all this shiny wordpress stuff! VERY EXCITING! Now, to figure it all out! Any tips and comments would be appreciated! Thanks, y’all!