Hi Kristine, Yeah, I realized to my horror that I had all these new pals on this site and with a few exceptions - you for instance - I haven't had any time to pay many of them any individual attention and I didn't want them to feel like I was just simply collecting friends for the hell of it. I dunno, seemed like the polite thing to do.
Hope you're having a good weekend. It's pretty nice down here at the moment.

Guess what, Kristine--the rain and mud was so bad, THIS IS ENGLAND, remember, that they stopped the race at 1am. all disappointed. oh well that's the racing game. i am still in the muddy field on my laptop as we speak. i read e mails and try to keep myself as rational as possible. tomorrow we're off on a short vacation. all the best. you sound terrific. great sense of humour!

Good morning...well my Beatitudes Network is well on the way to showing signs that people care about New Orleans. Do you? I'm trying to help rebuild the public libraries of that great city and my book, The Beatitudes, a paranormal thriller, will be out in the fall. All royalties from its sale goes directly to the NOLA Library Foundation. Email me at lynlejeune@cox.net and see www.beatitudesinneworleans.blogspot.com to sign up for the first copies....

Hi Kristine...Nice to meet you!

Kristine, thanks for the invite and I wish you all the best..Joan

Hi Kristine, thanks for the invite.--Dave

Us uncles and aunts do get off a lot easier than you parents, it's true. Then again, we really have to work to maintain our favored status for fear of growing old without kids who feel obligated to look after us - or at least visit the cranky old folks - in our dotage.

Yep, I would guess that as a parent (which I'm not, so it's only a guess - although I have plenty of friends with kids) there is a constant tension between your kids wanting to indulge in trends and you hoping the trends disappear before they do. It's one of the reasons I'm happier being everyone's favorite eccentric uncle.

Sooner or later, she's gonna do what she wants to do anyhow, maybe she just won't want to do it. At least piercing scars aren't so bad, they're usually pretty tiny.

I never got a tattoo either. I don't have any objection to them, just that I can't figure out any that I'd want to live the rest of my life with. As for your daughter getting one or not - one of the tattoo artist companies that was there had t-shirts that said: "Sorry About Your Daughter." They were mostly tattooing young women, of course.

My hands were full (literally and figuratively.) I used to tease people that I went back to work when they were babies just to get rest! I'd listen to people tell me their problems, and I'd be thinking: you think you've got it tough? Hello? ;-)

After about the age of two, they really started to entertain themselves, and they were actually easier than their older sister for that very reason. They just started 7th grade yesterday, and for the first time in their lives, they are in completely different classes. Not a one together. One is okay with it, the other a bit apprehensive...

Hi Kristine - Thanks for the invite, I'm much obliged. I really hope the Biography of You and I works for you, it sounds as if it will be an intense experience, to put it mildly, writing it. Best of luck, Declan

Hi Kristine, and thanks for the invite.

I'm so sorry to learn about the loss of your twin, but it's good that you can keep her alive in your writing. Good luck with your work. Persevere and you will be published!

Hi Christine

It's so sad to hear about the loss of your twin, but excellent that you'll keep her alive in your writing. I wish you the best of luck with your novels.

Jackie

Hi Kristine. Thanks for your hand in friendship. It's sad to realize you lost your sister, but your writing, admittedly inspired by Kandee, keeps her living on. A wonder ~ the written word, no? Here's to new found friendship. Cheers!

Hi Kristine,
Thanks for the invite! I have to add that as a mother of twin girls, and knowing their bond, I can only imagine the extent of your loss. My thoughts are with you.

Hi Kristine,
Good luck with your writing. As an only child, I can't imagine what it's like to have a twin, let alone lose one.

Hi mysterious Kristine of th dark glasses. I'm glad to be your friend and wish you perserveranceand the good of getting published. The business of writing is terrible but the writing part wonderful. Ciao

Thanks for the invitation, Kristine. Your story is very touching--I'm truly sorry about the loss of your twin. Writing is one way to keep that connection with her open, so don't lose heart. And maybe, some day, write about it--it's an experience so few of us know.
All the best.
Kelli