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LavenderBlueMama's avatar

I am in the process of reading your books, like a one-woman book club participant reading her way through the Don R. Hall book list. The last time I followed a book list was in grade school when I tried to read all the William Allen White award books each year, so this is quite different. (Also different is the fact that I am old enough to read whenever & whatever the hell I want, which is why your books are interspersed between mindless fictional series about teen vampires & autobiographies of cult survivors.)

So far I've finished "the prostitute book," "the teacher book," & one of the belief books during which I oscillate between:

"Wow, that's crazy! What?!"

"Man, I'm sorry! Are you ok?"

"How dare you treat Snoopy & Professor Harold Hill this way!"

I'm relieved you've emerged from your latest traumatic experience, but we never escape unscathed, do we? It's good to know you've retained your humor, your wordsmithing ability, & your self-reflection ritual. I hope you remain resilient & may your enthusiasm for life never wane. Stubbornly protect your spark.

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Charlie Newman's avatar

Hippo birdy ewe ewe, Mr. D.

Speaking as someone 22 years downhill from you, my best advice is a cliché: fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

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