a bit of this and that

Gold was in a free fall today, down around $58.  And is down another $14.50 in the after market.  Weird because the stock market was down 293 points.  I’ve found that these two markets generally don’t fall hand in hand.  Interesting. 

We’re off on our road trip tomorrow.  I love road trips, watching the topography change, eating penny candy, playing music, singing along sometimes other times not.  Driving through all kinds of light and shadow and cities and forests, farm land and tiny towns where sometimes one lucks out and finds a diner that serves kick-ass pie.  Stopping at rest stops, for the obvious reasons, but also to dance around to stretch out the legs and try to get the feeling back into the butt.  I have wonderful road trip memories of my children and me, with our old dog Sarah, her head stuck out the window so her floppy lips would fill up with air and flap around like a blown up balloon tossed on the floor with out being tied. 

(Em and Dave, remember the ducklings? That was something huh?  And “Butt Ville”?  Memories of your little faces and hands smeared with sweet ripe dusty blackberries, plucked from hot sunny roadsides.  Miss you.  xo.  Love you too Will.  Hope you are having a wonderful time on your trip.)

We are off, 5:30 in the morning.  And the rainbow at the end of the drive?  Three Rivers School, and Sunriver Books and Music store, where Deon has done such an amazing and caring job of setting everything up.  I feel so lucky.

Speaking of lucky…remember that good news I got that I wasn’t supposed to share until this week?  Well, Porcupine got Shortlisted for the Canadian Libraries Association’s Best Children’s Book 2008! Eeee…

Hi.  I’m back.  I just had to stop typing so I could hug myself.  So excited.  I really couldn’t believe it when I heard the wonderful news.  I don’t know why I am having all this good luck, but let me tell you, I am SO happy and grateful, and I know that life isn’t normally this charmed, but BOY am I enjoying this patch of warm, heart-filling sunshine!

Posted by Meg Tilly on Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in