It was tremendous fun to play host. Here is my office. Here is my school. See all the students smiling at me in the hall. (Yeah, I know, they probably want to stab me with a shiv, but they do smile sweetly.) It was like a rhyming show and tell.
So listen up, Minnesota--it was a beautiful 70 degrees in Riverside, and it was snowing in Minneapolis. How's that? Now don't you want to come see me? Laura couldn't stay very long, but if she had, I could have taken her to the beach, to the Getty museum, to the spray tanning place down the street. In other words, it would have been a cultural extravaganza--and if you come visit, all this plasticy goodness awaits. (And don't believe those people who call Riverside the armpit of California.)
As you'll see from the pictures, Laura is 6 months pregnant with twins. She was a very good sport about what turned out to be a very full day. If you haven't read Swallow the Ocean yet, put it on your booklist. It's really good.
4 comments:
Looks like a nice crowd for the reading!
I just came across that word, shiv, in the book I'm reading so I actually knew what it meant when I read your blog. Don't I feel smart! :-)
I can second that appraisal of Swallow The Ocean. It's really good–and I bought it in California, at the Borders in San Diego, where it was sunny and 60 in January. Please remind us of this post next January.
yes a good crowd! Laura is going to be in Iowa City today and I've done my best to drum up support! I sure hope we get a full room because I wouldn't want to drive 5 hours in the rain super pregnant with twins just to have Teal and I and a screaming baby in the audience! I can't wait to see her! It is a great book!
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