tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post1799628094441224641..comments2023-10-20T11:26:12.314-05:00Comments on Ocean: Fridayninahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-60877239863392908902017-06-24T23:32:49.266-05:002017-06-24T23:32:49.266-05:00Such beautiful comments -- and I took them both to...Such beautiful comments -- and I took them both to heart. Jennie, I'm looking into it :) and JoyD -- as a start, I bought my own copy of the Little Gardener.<br />xo to both of you!ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-73127711447833864892017-06-24T18:48:59.155-05:002017-06-24T18:48:59.155-05:00I like Jennie's comment!
That made me think...I like Jennie's comment! <br /><br />That made me think of a new children's book called The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes. I bought a copy for our daughter (son's wife) who is an author, because it is a beautiful parable about the joys and challenges of a creative life. I had seen it reviewed in the NYTBR and went to look at it at the bookstore. At the last page I was doing that thing: bookstore-crying. I knew it had to be for our caring, sensitive Emery Lord. <br />I wrote in it: You are the gardener. and (paraphrasing) sometimes it's a long row to hoe. and then sometimes you bring forth a wondrous flower. and the seeds fly around the world. <br /><br />And Nina, I thought of you too. JoyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023075108683227605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276751.post-73995199830954468472017-06-24T10:14:15.498-05:002017-06-24T10:14:15.498-05:00Nina, please write a children's book called A ...Nina, please write a children's book called A Girl and Her Sweater. I will buy the first copy. I was attached to my sweater as a girl. I still wear a fleece jacket every day in my house in SF as it is always cold.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556285785542911821noreply@blogger.com