"So, about those street performers in the Florida Keys....any chance you might revive that story and put it out where we could read it? Very intriguing.... I enjoyed this. "

"How I identify with what you've written here, Heather! I raised the same dismay/consternation/concern in my dear father a life time ago. I'm going to keep this to refer to when I need to fine tune my focus. Well done!"

"Hi Carla, Just checking in to see how you're doing these days. What are you working on? Is there anything on your mind that a group of southern women might be able to blab about? Let us know if we can be supportive in any way. Best, Nicky"

"Hi Carla, Thanks for visiting my blog! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And Ezine was fun yesterday too. Nice to meet you! Cathy"

"OH! LOL! So glad to see a NYC date! If you read my comment on your West Coast event, you'll understand. Will be there."

"Oh Amy! I grabbed my datebook and thumbed to Oct. 15th....and then I read the invitation again....Not The Village, as in Manhattan....Sigh! Pacific Palisades....sigh again. Nuts!"

"Beautiful poem. So glad to discover a "new" poet. Thank you, Miriam."

"Probably the only content I wouldn't be particularly interested in reading would be fantasy/science fiction stuff. Not that I hate the genre, but am not naturally drawn to it. Hello everyone."

"Just now reading this...Made my morning. I agree whole-heartedly about the simplistic approach to life being engendered in our kids. Mine are grown now and I'm helping to raise my grandchildren, and here we go again! I bought my grandson a…"

"Hi Amy, Speaking for myself, I think the combination of humor, tension, problems to solve, and a little off the wall supernatural element thrown in sounds very appealing. I think the supernatural aspect could be kept in balance so it doesn't…"

"I have the worst penmanship, and the arrow thing is so funny. I cannot seem to write a real letter without the use of many arrows, some of which end up winding all around the page. I adore pretty stationery, too, and then I ruin it with my…"

"I never had an official pen pal, though I liked the idea. But I moved so much as a kid that I had a lot of old pals to write to. Before I had any children, I used to write letters almost every night of the week. I'm impressed with the sheer…"