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Peggy Johnson's avatar

All I can say at the moment is

that you are a treasure,

a crafter of words

and space

and imagination,

An inspiration

in a swirling world of

slapping one liners

A complete cake recipe

on this twirling, speed stuck on fastest

merry-go-round of

half-baked opinions.

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Deborah Wiles's avatar

I love you, truly! Thank you, Peggy. I feel the same way about you. Come back to ATL soon! We miss you already. xoxo

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Peggy Johnson's avatar

Ditto xoxo

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Becca Rowan's avatar

Oh boy, thank you for this, Debbie. I feel as if I spent Sunday with you.

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Lori Faust's avatar

Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward has spirits (imagined or real? I can't remember. But it's a beautiful, brutal book.) And Beloved, of course.

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Deborah Wiles's avatar

oh, Beloved. That book was so so hard for me... and on me... as it should be, right? I don't think I could read it again. I'm glad to remember it, though, and to try Let Us Descend. Thank you, Lori!

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett's avatar

Debbie, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson set during the Revolutionary War has ghosts. Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes might be worth a read too(realistic fiction not HF). Dominoes is our game of choice when we visit my parents. Not sure we're as competitive as your family is. We want the Cake Recipes! Can we help with that in some way? I'm not sure what an RSS is. I don't mind the emails (not sure I'll remember to look at another site to find a reminder). Good read, this, as always.

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Deborah Wiles's avatar

Oh good. Thank you, Jennifer, for the book recs, and for feedback. YES, you could help with Cakes, lol, thank you. Let's take a mixaphorical bite on that project this summer, if you're game. It's mostly just pulling what we've got already in Chat, but it will be fun, and I will write up something and you can comment and share, maybe? We'll figure it out! RSS is old fashioned, I suppose... people used to make big-time use of feed readers to sub to content they wanted to read -- Google had one, before apps got so prolific and popular. You make a good point, though. Thanks. I hope you are in the home stretch with school --good luck!

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Jolene Handy's avatar

Loved seeing and hearing about your kitchen and cooking, Debbie, and thanks for the link to the new book about Malcolm for young readers.

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Deborah Wiles's avatar

Waving at you, Jolene, and welcome back! I hope the wee break was fruitful :> Thanks for the kind words. The new Malcolm book is truly stunning... as is everything Ibram Kendi writes. xo

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