Roxanna, I saw your message about the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. You are in for a treat. They are a bit of a read but they are worth every second. Just to let you know that there are 6 books in print right now and the 7th is due out sometime in 2009. Outlander is the first book of the series. If you have any questiones please feel free to drop me a note and I will answer anything that I can.
PS I created a Myspace for 'Outlander Fans'. Come check us out!
Cat

Lähettänyt: MDLady 2:20 pm (EST) Jul 8, 2008

Wow, the Ukraine! That must be an amazing vacation for you. I am glad that you are taking a break and having a good time. You will have to post some holiday photo's in the Green Dragon when you get back. Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.

Lähettänyt: Jodyreadseverything 1:15 pm (EST) Jun 7, 2008

Thank you so much for your "puff" message, Roxanna! ("Puff" because I smiled and got all puffed up when reading it.) I love photography--spent a few hours at the Desert Botanical Gardens yesterday and only took 275 photos. LOL I'm not a freelance pro, just a hooked amateur who sometimes gets lucky. This is the perfect time of year for my husband and me to jump in the Jeep and explore the trails for wildflowers. With the winter rains we got, vast sections of the desert are bursting with color. When summer comes, we'll take the Jeep into the mountains. I love this state! Thanks again for the compliment.

--Cathy.

Lähettänyt: cathyskye 12:32 pm (EST) Apr 9, 2008

I am so very sorry about how things turned out for your family.
*hugs*

Lähettänyt: clamairy 8:09 am (EST) Mar 28, 2008

Oh you're welcome, I suspect there are more LT folks out there who were touched by your story and really sad for you and Mr. Squirt. But I'm so glad he's got you and you him. Scratches and snuggles to Mr. Squirt from me. - ER

Lähettänyt: EncompassedRunner 2:57 am (EST) Mar 21, 2008

How is Mr. Squirt doing now, is he adjusting emotionally to being the only kitty?

Lähettänyt: EncompassedRunner 5:42 pm (EST) Mar 20, 2008

Roxanna, I have been following your thread about your cousin. I am praying you have good news. Just wanted to check in to see how you are doing.

Lähettänyt: momom248 12:26 pm (EST) Mar 14, 2008

Hi Roxanna, I wanted to check in on you. How are you doing? Any news? I pray for your family.

Carrie

Lähettänyt: cal8769 9:10 pm (EST) Mar 13, 2008

I want to ask your permission before I start a commiseration thread for you. I'm not sure if you want this kept private or not.

Lähettänyt: clamairy 7:46 am (EST) Feb 4, 2008

Oh, I am so sorry for your loss. :o( Two losses in two weeks? :o( You must be heartbroken. I'm rethinking my position on a new cat already. I don't think I can be cat-less and be truly happy.

I feel so badly for you. :o(

Lähettänyt: clamairy 7:44 am (EST) Feb 4, 2008

Thanks Roxanna, we've got lots of mixed emotions, excitement, sadness (we recently lost a dog too), happiness. But when I see these little guys all I can think is how much we can bring to each other's lives, and that can't help but be a good thing. :-)

Lähettänyt: katylit 9:53 am (EST) Jan 30, 2008

Hi Roxanna, just read on the GD that you lost your cat. I'm so sorry, I know what a hole it leaves in your life. *hugs*

Thinking about you,

Katherine

Lähettänyt: katylit 8:24 pm (EST) Jan 27, 2008

I am so glad that you like the Moby Dick pop-up; I was worried that it might violate your request not to receive monster narratives, and was glad when I looked it over in the store that it was almost entirely ungruesome. I thought it was so marvelously clever in its construction - my favorite is the eyeglass page.

Lähettänyt: sycoraxpine 10:23 pm (EST) Dec 26, 2007

I hope you like The Fairy Godmother! I really thought it was a fun story, though unfortunately the other books set in the same world aren't as good.

Lähettänyt: xicanti 12:09 pm (EST) Dec 22, 2007

Thank you for my SantaThing selections! They were excellent choices, and I can't wait to read them. I'm familiar with the Brother Cadfael books but have never read any of them ... not sure why. And I know I read one of the Rutherfurd books ages ago, but it definitely wasn't Sarum.

I hope your Santa was good to you as well! Thanks again.

Lähettänyt: brewergirl 1:38 pm (EST) Dec 21, 2007

Love that profile pic! Thank you. :)

Lähettänyt: MrsLee 6:46 pm (EST) Dec 19, 2007

I'm glad to have been of help in SantaThing. ^_^ This has been such fun so far, and helping make suggestions for other people was a great twist.

Lähettänyt: caras_galadhon 3:51 pm (EST) Dec 15, 2007

Hi back at you. You beat me to it, I have been planning to drop a line. I also live in the Northwest Valley, Glendale. As you may have gathered from some of my posts, I was an Air Force brat, lived in about twenty cities and at least seven states. I've enjoyed your posts as well. Isn't this a great site? Where else can you read books, find out about books and have interesting and amusing conversation with interesting people. If they could figure out a way to feed us it would be perfection. :>) I am a retired RN turned artist. I haven't been able to do the heavy work of cutting and drilling lately, so I've started sketching and am surprised at how legible I'm getting.
Thanks for the note, have a Merry Christmas.
Siubhan

Lähettänyt: siubhank 8:47 am (EST) Dec 14, 2007

I certainly think you did - unless she's in great pain, I think it's entirely fair that she gets to decide for herself.

Lähettänyt: desideo 5:17 am (EST) Sep 16, 2007

I really hope kitty gets better!

Lähettänyt: desideo 5:20 pm (EST) Sep 15, 2007

Thank you. Unfortunately, I live over 2 hours away from my grandpa. He mostly just sits with the tv on and naps, now.

Lähettänyt: AnjilaG 3:49 pm (EST) Jul 9, 2007

Which narrator is reading your version of One for the Money? C. J. Critt does an excellent job on the Recorded Books version; Lorelei King was so bad the one time I tried listening to her that I wouldn't do so again if you paid me.

Lähettänyt: Seajack 3:48 am (EST) Jul 4, 2007

Getting back to you after finishing listening to The Painted Veil. Kate Reading did a great job. I liked the story well enough, although I found Kitty's throwing herself on her father at the end a bit pathetic.

Lähettänyt: Seajack 1:49 am (EST) Apr 29, 2007

Thank you so much for the recommendation of British authors! You have, indeed, spotted a weakness of mine. I know what you mean about the Georgette Heyer books. I was hesitant to add all of mine, but I finally decided to go for it. I tend to hold on to each and every one of them, since they were not always easily found.

If you have not yet read it, I highly recommend "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield! It is a gothic mystery (set in England, of course) that pays homage to the classics-in particular, Jane Eyre. Great collection of books, by the way!

Lähettänyt: tripawedandlondon 7:46 pm (EST) Apr 13, 2007

Thank you for the compliment. I'd actually forgotten that post about my mother's library and my still frustrated LT proselytization attempts. I'm pleased to have inspired emanations of hilarity to erupt from your verbal orifice. (hmmm, perhaps a bit too much Spock and online vocab quizzes this past weekend)

I must admit that sometimes words spring from parts of my unconscious for which I feel hard pressed to accept credit; I have begun to harbor suspicions that a small dervishy Creative-Numen dwells deep in the caverns of my skull. Being trapped and predominantly silent in his isolation, he sits and observes my daily life and builds elaborate stories with which to amuse himself. Then, when I'm in a bout of prolonged insomnia he seizes my body as his zombie writing slave and uses my fingers to craft his dark thoughts onto the page. I'd have him exorcised but unfortuantely, he's got some talent. I'm hoping one day he'll write something I can exploit for profit but so far, no luck. Occasionally though, he makes people laugh and that's just as good.

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you very much for going out of your way to tell me. I appreciate it!

Lähettänyt: cckelly 3:17 am (EST) Mar 27, 2007

Don't marvel at the totals. It probably indicates I don't have a real life :) Actually I just sort of like looking for them and do it from time to time. And then you run into some collections you can ransack. The funny thing is I have in my gallery only 409 authors with pix and 1519 without.

Lähettänyt: alibrarian 2:16 pm (EST) Mar 21, 2007

Congratulations on the Stout picture at last

Lähettänyt: alibrarian 12:51 am (EST) Mar 21, 2007

Thank you for the message. I hadn't even realized LibraryThing had a "message" feature. Sorry it's taken so long to respond. I found these in a box at a garage sale about 20 years ago and felt like I'd happened upon treasure. I have always been a bibliophile...I'm not sure about the dates, etc. some of the books have none and some are in Roman numerals which I converted, (hopefully accurately!)

Lähettänyt: lsherer 12:27 pm (EST) Mar 1, 2007

I tried hunting down a usable source for the pix, but came up empty. However they are posted at The Wolfe Pack (http://www.nerowolfe.org/index.htm). It's probably where you found them. I'd get in contact with them and ask for permission to use it here.

My big number of photos is probably a result of being an early poster (I got there first in some cases before the others) and just plodding through sites where I could use pictures and looking for anything LT could use. My own gallery has a lot of authors without pictures.

And I've probably not used more pictures than I uploaded. Seen so many great shots I really wanted badly

Lähettänyt: alibrarian 11:32 am (EST) Feb 22, 2007

I like that 1906 Rex Stout pic

Lähettänyt: alibrarian 1:02 am (EST) Feb 15, 2007

The picture is towards the bottom of this page:

http://skyways.lib.ks.us/orgs/kac/histor...

Sourcing say: Sources: Jan Biles, Topeka Capital-Journal, September 21, 2003, photo used with permission from the Topeka Capital-Journal; Zula Bennington Greene, Topeka Daily Capital , April 13, 1976; and Rex Redifer, Indianapolis Star, March 7, 1982. Contributed by Carol Yoho, District 1.

So the photo may be from 1976.

Lähettänyt: alibrarian 8:40 pm (EST) Feb 14, 2007

A friend of mine is English - she actually could get them all to rhyme ;-)

Lähettänyt: sunny 3:35 pm (EST) Feb 4, 2007

There's also this ;-)

Lähettänyt: sunny 12:51 pm (EST) Feb 3, 2007

Strange. Here's another link, hope this keeps working..

Lähettänyt: sunny 7:46 pm (EST) Feb 2, 2007

Thank you :-)

Rules for writers ;-)

Lähettänyt: sunny 1:25 am (EST) Feb 2, 2007