Dear Reader Column 09-27-07

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Dear Reader,

Vacation was wonderful, but it's so good to be back. My husband and I stayed on the other side of the Smoky Mountains this year. We rented a cabin near Bryson City, North Carolina and I felt right at home, because Bryson City reminded me of the small town where I grew up. Granted in Cuba City, my hometown, we were surrounded by cows instead of mountains, but the vibrant Main Street, the slow pace, and friendly people you find in a small community were just as I remembered.

The first weekend we spent in Bryson City they were celebrating their annual Fireman's Day Festival and Railfest 2007. What luck! I hadn't planned it that way, but those two celebrations were the highlights of our trip.

I have a lot of stories to tell (no bears this year, thank heavens) and I have pictures to show you, too, but right now I need a reason to bake chocolate chip cookies. I haven't baked for two weeks and since baking is essential for me, really a kind of therapy, won't you please enter the September Chocolate Chip Cookie Giveaway? Every month I bake for a reader and I'd love to bake cookies for you.

All you need to do to enter the cookie drawing is send me an email at:
enter-to-win@emailbookclub.com Please include your mailing street address in case your name is chosen. I overnight all my cookies via Fed Ex.

I'm so happy to be back. Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.

Warmest regards,
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com 
http://www.DearReader.com

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Comments

[Irene]

I got to enjoy your cookies last week at our Friends of the Lake Geneva Library Board Meeting. Pat SMith brought them with her and shared joyfully. We ate joyfully too! I baked a batch from your recipe yesterday and placed ALL of them in the freezer. Five dozen will go to a fund raiser bake sale by the Women`s Society of our church. Thank you for your contribution! Glad you enjoyed your vacation even if the Smokies reminded you of Cuba City! IreneB