There Is No Friend Like An Old Book; Except.....

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There is no friend like an old book, except of course like a friend with old books - and one who is talented and creative at that!

Funny sometimes how friends read our thoughts from thousands of miles away. I am a book worm but I've had a long dry spell of and I have spent the past couple of weeks on the internet with books, once again, mysteriously finding me as they so often do. They're much better at finding me than I am of finding them.

I had just ordered the Gregory Maguire series of "Wicked", "Son of a Witch", and "A Lion Among Men" when Laurie emailed me. She had a conversation going on her FaceBook page about the books we all collect, or in some cases, acquire. I confessed that I have purchased so many books over the years I could have easily shelved a good chunk of the NY Public Library. I've had brief fantasies of housing a room with my own library but I am a mobile creature by nature and this is pure fantasy. They go as easily as they come: distributed to friends, neighbors, even the homeless man that used to come by collecting bottles at our building in L.A. He lived in a box on the vacant lot across the street and one fatefully hot summer day when I had taken him an iced drink with our contribution of cans, & simultaneously received my Book of the Month Club order from the mail man we had a lovely discussion of the books we both loved. From that day on I passed on books he expressed interest in along with drug store reading glasses purchased from time to time.

So back to my FaceBook friend Laurie; she was doing some Spring cleaning and did I want her Jane Austen's? REALLY?! EXCITEMENT!!! Are you kidding me? That's a rhetorical question. YES! YES! YES!!

Growing up an only child, in a world of women, Jane Austen was my older sister who shared with me her secrets and stories - hopes, dreams, and failures of love. I've worn out many copies and will delightfully revisit my old friends in the pages and know that they were sent by a friend who mysteriously knew my thoughts from a thousand miles away.

Included in the package that arrived today was a hand-cross-stitched (Or as we would say in the South, "hand did") pillow dedicated to the two furry boys who steal my heart every day. She made it herself - every beautiful, meticulous stitch. And the fabric backing is a vintage piece she's is so precise at coming across. It's a vintage British fabric - how appropriately Austen! It reads: "And thou shall have dominion over all the beasts.....except of course for cats." Felines: 3-5

Laurie has an Etsy Store where she sells unique vintage finds, and she writes one of my favorite blogs: "Indulge Your Shelf". She also writes fun articles about everything vintage for The Examiner.

Corn Bread and Apple Jack instantly knew the box was sent just for them!




Dear Laurie, you are a DOLL! I will sink my toes in the sand and devour every delicious word! **HUGS** Angela Catirina

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