Spring and Salem Falls
I’m cautiously optimistic that spring has sprung in Oslo. The themometer almost read 70 this afternoon! I rode my bike around a 6 mile section south of town, and, as usual, came home facing the wind. Some of my 10 speeds work, so I peddled faster but easier. It’s so nice to be outside.
 I’m reading Salem Falls, by Jodi Picoult, and as usual she sucks me into the problems and pains of her characters, again quite a few teens. It was written in 01, so maybe you’ve discussed it?Â
I loved your description of going to a book sale, bookworm! I feel the same about wandering through a library or Barnes and Noble. I always wish I knew what going on between the covers of those countless books. I even like the smell of a library. And the quiet.Â
Darlyne, I’m comfortable “shoe hunting’ too. My daughters, three of them, and my sister and her daughter and daughter in law, are planning a trip to New York City the end of May. My sister turned 60 and our oldest daughter 50, so this is the party. Two of our girls were nanny’s in NYC when they were in college, so they are familiar, sort of, and my sister has never been there. But i need comfortable shoes, they tell me we’ll be walking a lot. My hubby and I were there the year before 9/11, and it was so nice to see you then too, Darlyne.Â
Jacky Jones