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Dear Reader,
I share a story in my column and you send one back to me. Reading emails from book club readers is the best part of my day. Thanks for taking the time to write.
From my Email Bag:
Hi Suzanne, I have a cute story to share with you. I loved your post about your vacation. I live in Asheville, so you were in my neck of the woods. I'm a frequent visitor of the NC Arboretum, we live 15 minutes away, and they also sell my silk scarves in their shop. I was there yesterday delivering some scarves and got to talking to the two ladies who manage the shop. They were in the midst of opening up a new delivery, a box of puppets, and on top was this big goofy looking chicken...your chicken!!! (The chicken you bought on vacation, the chicken readers named Hokey-Smokey). We were all laughing and playing with it. They said that the chicken puppet attracts more adults than Children. I'm so glad your husband bought the big goofy chicken...it does make you feel like a kid again! Have a great day."--Judy Simmons
(To see a photo of the big goofy chicken and some photos from the North Carolina Arboretum--my husband and I visited there on our Smoky Mountain vacation recently, go to : http://www.emailbookclub.com/photo/vacation2011.html
And Judy, the next time you're at the arboretum gift shop be sure to let the manager know that our book club readers named the big goofy chicken Hokey-Smokey.)
Dear Suzanne...[Monday's column about decisions] will bring a lot of comments, I betcha! Decisions...how many I have regretted, lost opportunities, lost advantages...also, lost headaches. I remember 75 years ago in high school, I was head over heels over a classmate (I married him ) but I was being 'courted' by a tall, handsome, RICH fellow. He even called on me at home, willing to meet my parents just to ask me out to dinner! To DINNER? I was a weenie roast kid, a chow mein sharer with about a dozen others and this polite boy wanted to take me to a fancy restaurant. Alone. (I wouldn't have known how to act!) I had about ten minutes to make up my mind..should I go? My mind made itself up. NO. He was such a top catch...my girl friends would think I'd lost my mind! But no, I stayed with the only fella I was interested in...and it lasted nearly 70 years, without any long ago regrets. Sometimes decisions make themselves! I do love your columns!"--Marion Lillie
(To read the Decisions column, go to: http://tinyurl.com/SB102411)
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Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
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