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Dear Reader,
Suzanne is up to her ears in gift wrap today, so we are running this holiday "Best of." It's one of our favorites.
Dear Reader,
I've always thought my gift-wrapping abilities were unique. I use scraps of this and that and if I do say so myself, I come up with some pretty unusual presentations. But this past holiday season, I had to relinquish my gift-wrapping title when I opened up the Christmas present I received from my friend Bill in Oregon.
I admit it, I told him it was a first for me. I'd never before received a Christmas gift in a box that said on the outside, "Contents: 1 rectal thermometer, 1 breast pump, petroleum jelly, 1 tape measure, and 2 isolation masks," among other intriguing items.
Yeah, boy, Happy Holidays! How did he know what I wanted!
My curiosity was definitely piqued, so I cautiously opened up the box, and much to my relief I found the usual homemade jellies and pancake syrup that I look forward to getting from him every year.
Of course, I had to ask, "Where, why, and how did he get a hold of that box--and why did he send it to me?"
Apparently, an entrepreneur in his area had developed an Infant Care Kit for new mothers, but the company went bankrupt. The bankruptcy court awarded the entire inventory of boxes and kits to a local charity where my friend volunteers. After 15 years of giving baby kits out to every new mother in the area, there were still stacks of boxes, but no more baby kits to put inside them. The boxes were going to be thrown out, but being the good Scotsman that he is, my friend couldn't stand to see them go to waste.
So he saves them for special occasions and friends like me.
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
AUTHORBUZZ: ROPED IN (Fiction) by Lorelei James
Injured bulldogger Sutton Grant needs help with his high-strung horse and the one woman who can give it to him--ain't exactly his biggest fan. But when horse trainer London Gradsky sees the hot, sexy cowboy, she knows he's just the man she needs to get over being dumped. When Sutton realizes the attraction between them is as real and red-hot as the feisty cowgirl's temper, he pulls out every rope trick he knows to tie her to him forever.
Go to: http://authorbuzz.com/dearreader click on ROPED IN to read more and to email author Lorelei James, you'll get a reply.
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