Things that make me go hmmm...

Recently, I accrued some fines on a library book called There Is No Long Distance Now. It has been renewed. So, there was one story in this one that seemed like it really wanted me to read it, right away. It was called "Are We Friends?" It is based on real characters, according to the introduction. I actually saw the author several years ago at a conference in Chicago. She was quite funny. I remember she had a poem about telling a guy at the post office that she is a poet, which made him sound quite droll and sarcastic about poets being on vacation all the time. And I remember reading that book about food, The Language of Baklava, at that time. I should really read that book again...