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Fri, 10 October 2008 16:21

AJLR
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Lusty Librarian wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 21:03

A special shout out to all the moderators for getting the forum up and running. You folks rock!

Oh I say, thanks awfully! (from which you may gather that I'm one of the English mods...).

We're having a lot of (slightly nerve-wracking at the moment) fun too. Nice to see so many people here - a tribute to Robin's popularity methinks! Smile

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Fri, 10 October 2008 17:03

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I'm Shalea. I work in the computer industry (well, sort of, anyway), volunteer at a no-kill cat shelter, live with a greyhound and a cat, and read as much as the rest of the schedule allows. I've been reading Robin's books for a very long time, and was pointed at her blog by my mother (who also reads her books).

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Fri, 10 October 2008 18:03

L.R.K.
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Hello everyone!

My name is Lubna and I live in Sweden with husband and cat. I love reading.

And I'm no good at this kind of introduction, I can never think of anything interesting to say - but I thought I could be polite, even if I cannot be intelligent! Smile

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

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Fri, 10 October 2008 18:03

Erika in Colorado
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scarhandpiper wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 06:01

AJLR wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 04:15

. . .and am a keen gardener (fruit and vegetables too - ::waves to Erika in Colorado::)

I don't know how you people do the gardening thing. I have to really work to keep even dandelions alive!

Erika in Colorado

"A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!" -Anne Frank

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Fri, 10 October 2008 18:08

Erika in Colorado
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Short and sweet is great! I have trouble with that most of the time; I have to remind myself of the adage about keeping your silence and appearing wise as opposed to speaking and proving yourself a fool.

Sorry. That was in response to LRK's message where she said:
"And I'm no good at this kind of introduction, I can never think of anything interesting to say - but I thought I could be polite, even if I cannot be intelligent!"

[Updated on: Fri, 10 October 2008 18:10]

Erika in Colorado

"A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!" -Anne Frank

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Fri, 10 October 2008 19:09

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I teach at a local university, and have been reading McKinley since Beauty was a new book and I was a new graduate student. As you might guess from the avatar, I'm very fond of plants, though much more proficient at analyzing them than keeping them alive.

Black Bear, I thought your museum and zoo sounded familiar. We must be neighbors, though as far as I know the only other reader of Robin's blog I've met in real life resides in England. Smile

Edit: Now I'm wondering about the Junior Member status. Does this mean I clicked the wrong age button, or just that I'm a new member?

[Updated on: Fri, 10 October 2008 19:10]

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Fri, 10 October 2008 19:12

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Kathy_S wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 19:09

Edit: Now I'm wondering about the Junior Member status. Does this mean I clicked the wrong age button, or just that I'm a new member?

It just means you're a new member. It will change over time. Smile

Smooshes!

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Fri, 10 October 2008 19:20

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Hi Bonnie, come and join us in the "we're not computer savvy and we don't care" club; there's lots of us out here Smile

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Fri, 10 October 2008 19:30

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[quote title=Erika in Colorado wrote on Sat, 11 October 2008 01:03]

scarhandpiper wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 06:01

AJLR wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 04:15

. . .and am a keen gardener (fruit and vegetables too - ::waves to Erika in Colorado::)

I don't know how you people do the gardening thing. I have to really work to keep even dandelions alive!

Well, you just start with something easy like zucchini, follow the directions on the seed packet (at least as far as depth, but I always ignore the "hill" planting), and then water faithfully (soaker hoses save me since I'm so lazy/busy). The rest is just luck and fertilizer.
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And then again, don't forget that dandelions are good for you. We eat them in Greece most happily. Finding wild dandelions (horta) is a swiftly disappearing way of life. You boil them up, in a bit of water until tender, drain (and keep the water in the fridge and drink it - it's a great source of iron and a natural diuretic that lowers your blood pressure) squeeze a fresh lemon over it all, add a bit of salt and have it as a side dish.

So enjoy your dandelions until you move on to other, equally exciting things Wink

_{“I have always imagined heaven to be a kind of library.” –Jorge Luis Borges}

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Fri, 10 October 2008 22:06

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WHY THANK YOU, I DO BELIEVE I WILL.JUST IGNORE THE CRIES OF ANGUISH WHEN I ACCIDENTALLY POST SOMETHING IN THE WRONG PLACE OR DELETE SOMETHING I DID NOT WANT TO. LOL

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Fri, 10 October 2008 22:28

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Hello all! So nice to "meet" you!

I live in South Florida where I'm owned by more than 250 potted plants, mostly orchids. I also have about 10 roses some of which are flourishing like the proverbial bay tree and some of which are clinging to life by a leaf. (I feel so guilty! - Chokes .. Sobs- ) No pets as I'm allergic. But I do love hearing about all your furry friends. Especially horses which I used to ride when I was in college. What are my other hobbies, besides killing plants, you ask? Cooking isn't one! I am the classic "microwave queen." Which is not to say I don't like it- just that I have no time (since every time I cook it turns into a minimum 4 hour project). But, I do enjoy listening to you all talking about it. With regard to the other hobbies I DO pursue, I love to travel. And I love photography. I like to combine it with my other hobbies by photographing my flowers and photographing my travels. Synergy! Isn't it great!

But, as someone else said, that's enough about me. Let's roll up the rugs on this blog and PAR-TAY!

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Fri, 10 October 2008 22:40

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i still can not figure out how to get an avatare and they look so pretty :sobs: my oldest daughter is gone for 2 days and she is the conputer genious in the family. i tried to resize my puppy picture but i think i an just dense, brian in idle.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Fri, 10 October 2008 22:45

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Hi Bonnie

Email me your picture (hopefully you know how to do that?) and I will resize for you. I could also upload for you but would need your login and password - or perhaps one of the mods might have that level of access?

I do photography and photo editing as a hobby (check the link in my sig) so I have the software readily available.

And anyone else who needs help with making avatars, feel free to yell out for help!

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Fri, 10 October 2008 22:46

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Hi, I'm Jenny, and I'm lazy, so I have no icon up yet. =)

In my day job, I'm a literary agent.

Here, I'm just me... a writer, a reader, a knitter, a yarn dyer, a baker, and many other things. I'm also married, and my husband and I are happily owned by our cat, Zoe. =)

I don't remember when I first read Robin's books, just that it was years ago, and I've loved her ever since.

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Sat, 11 October 2008 00:30

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*waves*
Hello, All!

I live in San Francisco, on a street so steep the sidewalks have steps in them! I do architecture for a living, and play drums (blues & hard rock) when I can. "Beauty" was the first one I read, and I got each one after that as soon as it came out. All of them have been reread from time to time, depending on what I'm in the mood for. Have just got the email from my local indie bookstore that "Chalice" is ready to pick up!!!111!! Yay!!

I do a bit of gardening--thankfully, my partner does more, and is way more knowledgable. We are challenged by a mostly shady, cool yard, with rather acid soil--decades worth of cypress tree duff.

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Sat, 11 October 2008 00:53

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Kathy_S wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 19:09

Black Bear, I thought your museum and zoo sounded familiar. We must be neighbors, though as far as I know the only other reader of Robin's blog I've met in real life resides in England. Smile

Howdy, fellow Hoosier! Oh dear, you've read the zoo stories as well then... I haven't broken anything at the museum yet, though the obvious choice is the 4 story Chihuly sculpture. Smile

We'll have to share further details at some point, but I won't clog up the intro thread with it!

_{"The time is always right to do what's right."--MLK Jr.}

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Sat, 11 October 2008 00:53

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Greetings from the US. For the last year and a half I've been a freelance stage manager traveling around the country to earn a paycheck. Currently I'm in Cincinnati, OH working as a stage management intern for a regional theatre. I started reading Robin McKinley when I was 14, when found a hard covered copy of Rose Daughter in the library. I stumbled on her web page after re-reading Sunshine for the hundredth time and went online hoping to find answers to some of my questions.

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Sat, 11 October 2008 02:32

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Erika in Colorado wrote on Sat, 11 October 2008 00:08

That is good advice indeed - but unfortunately, as I've said in comments on the blog, and as you will all discover to your cost, I am - a Babbler... Smile

It's only when I'm supposed to say something sensible that words fail me!

Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

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Sat, 11 October 2008 06:20

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Hello out there - nice to meet you all.
I currently work as a Project Director for a research company, but started working life in the 1970s as a secondary teacher librarian. Of course I bought award-winning books for the library, and thus found a certain R. McKinley's books. I hope that I switched kids on to reading her stuff, but I KNOW that I had my fellow staff members, particularly those in the Bookclub, switched on. I remember a potentially nasty tussle, which nearly came to fisticuffs, when "Deerskin" came out!
Reading is my main source of relaxation, but I also enjoy pottering in the garden, and love walking and camping. I have a husband and two cats. Our elderly, much-loved labrador died last year, and we are nearly ready to get another dog.
I'm a bit nervous about this forum, but I'm sure we can make it work.
Susan in Melbourne

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Sat, 11 October 2008 06:29

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Susan in Melbourne wrote on Sat, 11 October 2008 06:20

Of course I bought award-winning books for the library, and thus found a certain R. McKinley's books. I hope that I switched kids on to reading her stuff,

Thanks to my High School librarian (who obviously had similar thoughts to yours!) I devoured Hero and Blue Sword early on. I suspect it was reasonably soon after they were released.
So thank you to High School Librarians!! (I did get along very well with ours Smile

)

(Who knows... you may have been mine - if you were still one in the 1980s and in Syndal! lol)

[Updated on: Sat, 11 October 2008 06:29]

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Sat, 11 October 2008 08:09

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hi guys, i am a little bit nervous about the forum but with a lot of help from mari-neko[waves and bows before magic fingers] who re sized my picture for my avatar[fingers are crossed ] i am becoming less nervous.i have led myself around in circles but the response time to your questions and begging for help[me] is absolutely amazing. hat is tipped off to blogmom and all mods.i guess you can teach an old dog new tricks and this morning boy do i feel old.

Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get

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Sat, 11 October 2008 09:16

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Hi, I'm Jax (of the little imagination when it comes to usernames Wink

), I'm currently a Montessori directress, though I've almost a decades experience in IT, apart from breaks when raising and home educating children, as well as time as a social worker, bar worker and bouncer.

I love to read, watch little television, occasionally write and make stuff with yarn or wire (mainly crochet rather than knitting though.) I have two children, a cat, long time history of experience on forums and mailing lists (met my partner on an email list in fact, just over a decade ago now) but doubt I'll have much time here, will just pass by every now and then.

As I'm a UK fan, would love to make it to a book signing and actually meet Robin in person one day, but as I'm not southern based, doubt it will be any time soon Sad

Jax

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Sat, 11 October 2008 09:28

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Gragh! I wrote a great long introduction, and my computer ate it! Sad

I'm Annabel, but almost always use Mrs Redboots as my username, for reasons rather too long and complicated to go into here.

Home is London. I'm not working just now, but am a Methodist local preacher, ice-dancer (yes, really - you don't have to be young and sylph-like to be that!), reader, knitter and computer addict!

*Waves at Kathy_S*

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Sat, 11 October 2008 10:06

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I'm nachtweiss (yes, the terrible punning D:) and I am a U.S. based reader, although the location changes rather frequently so I won't bother with where. I can't remember when I started reading Robin Mckinley, only that I started with Deerskin. I am young enough so that I still twitch at the sight of a school bus, but old enough to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I live in a two-hundred year old house which knows it's age and acts accordingly (which means we have very cold winters) with various family members, pets, and anyone else who wanders in.

I am a Devourer of Books, play the fiddle and the piano, although my piano skills are becoming rather painful due the fact that I have not yet gotten my piano tuned after an extremely damp summer, and a Lover of Baths. And...and I'm running out of things to say about me, so I'll finish with this and go work on what I am supposed to be working on, which is work...

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Sat, 11 October 2008 10:24

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Lusty Librarian, I love your .sig!

Even in the rural library where I work (in a red state, no less), we library-folk seethe with sedition, often to the disconcertment of unsuspecting patrons asking leading political questions .... Very Happy

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Sat, 11 October 2008 10:51

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Hi, I'm afuzzybird, and I'm from Wisconsin. I live with a calico cat, Amie, my boyfriend the Badger, and I currently work with Head Start (that's a federally funded preschool program for low-income kids, for those of you not in the U.S.), and am hoping to someday work in programing at a children's museum.

I like video games, fall, animals, traveling, hiking, camping, cooking and music. I play the oboe well enough to not sound like a dying duck, and it's my dream to someday own a little hobby farm with goats and ducks and a couple horses and maybe a cow.

I bought my first Robin McKinley book for a quarter from the used book sale at my middle school, and brought that same book with me for a year abroad in Japan 3 years ago.

"He envisioned a world where bears could tell jokes, chickens could sing, pigs could be stars and they all could ride bicycles." -- Frank Oz about Jim Henson

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Sat, 11 October 2008 14:08

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It was my middle school librarian who handed me THE HERO AND THE CROWN. Smile

That was in sixth grade. I got to work as her aide in eighth grade, and she was a wonderful woman. Go, librarians!

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Sat, 11 October 2008 15:11

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Jeanine here, I'm newly arrived in Frankfurt after four years in South Africa. Single mom, 2 human kids and 3 fur-kids, and we do agility with the dogs (one tervuren, two border collies) and I read avidly in whatever time remains. We're currently in an apartment so I have no gardening stories, but I love the horse ones and am looking forward to hearing more about the large orange beast. I love all of Robin's books but all time faves are Hero and Deerskin, with Sunshine and Chalice tying for 3rd. I really also liked Dragonhaven since both my 11 year old son and I read that one with glee.

Jeanine

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Sat, 11 October 2008 17:01

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Love your avatar afuzzybird - one of my favourite shorts Smile

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Sat, 11 October 2008 17:19

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Mine too, and it's full of lots of little fuzzy birds! <3

"He envisioned a world where bears could tell jokes, chickens could sing, pigs could be stars and they all could ride bicycles." -- Frank Oz about Jim Henson

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Sat, 11 October 2008 19:18

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*cheer* Another theatre person! Hiii~ XD

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Sat, 11 October 2008 19:55

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[SIZE=2]Hello everyone. Glad to be meeting everyone. I seem to be relatively new to the blog, I went to Robin's website this summer in hopes of finding an upcoming book and discovered her blog and I've read it daily since.

I discovered Robin's books when I was volunteering to help set up a local library. We wanted to be sure to have a good selection of children and young adult books so we ordered as many of the award winners as we could afford at the time. Part of the order was "Hero and the Crown". One of the greatest hardships for me after my children were born was not having time to read. When I was volunteering with the library I discovered the young adult books, they were good literature and generally could be read quickly. After reading Hero I donated the money to order "The Blue Sword" and several other of Robin's books.

I grew up in Virginia Beach which has a very large Navy population and I had a secret fantasy that Robin was a friend of mine in high school. My friend in high school was also named Robin and wanted to be a writer and I read many of her stories. Being in a military town you didn't keep friends long, they were transferred often and to be honest I didn't remember my friend's last name, so when I read that Robin McKinley was a Navy kid I hatched my fantasy. Turns out it was just a fantasy, but not out of the realm of possibility we are about the same age so it could have happened.

I've gone on a long. Look forward to the forum discussions.

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Sat, 11 October 2008 21:10

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Hello- The R and B stands for my dogs, Rosie and Belle , but I have always had cats until the dogs adopted me. I have a horse, an atypically big Welsh Cob and I love reading Robin's blogs re riding and horses. I work for legal services representing women and children who are victims of domestic violence-hey, you either love the work or hate it. I love it and have been doing it for 20plus years but if were not doing this I'd love to run a bookstore or be librarian-something where I get paid to read! I read, paint and garden but I confess the horse and dogs take up lots of non-work time and what's left over is for the books. Lot and lots of books piled everwhere. I can't say I have a favorite of Robin's books because that means I have to choose!
I live in Texas now but I am originally from Maine and hope to return to live there at some point as the whole clan is still on eastern seabord.

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Sat, 11 October 2008 21:53

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R and B wrote on Sat, 11 October 2008 21:10

Hello- The R and B stands for my dogs, Rosie and Belle

My dog is called Belle too! And our neighbour has Rosie... Wink

[Updated on: Sat, 11 October 2008 21:54]

I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder

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Sat, 11 October 2008 22:02

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Hello, everyone! I'm Elizabeth, and I live in Pacifica in the SF Bay Area. I've been reading Robin's books since Mom brought home <i>The Blue Sword</i> from the ALA Convention. The dust jacket is a bit tattered, but I still have that copy. One husband, two cats, no kids, and far too many books.

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Sun, 12 October 2008 05:13

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R and B wrote on Sun, 12 October 2008 02:10

Hello- The R and B stands for my dogs, Rosie and Belle

::waves:: Hi there R and B - I have a "Rosie" too Smile

She's a GSD who's 11 but still torments her 6 year old daughter Flora to play. Lovely to meet you

Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear

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Sun, 12 October 2008 05:28

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Honey_Bee wrote on Fri, 10 October 2008 00:08

And I'm very excited there are knitters here! All I can knit is a scarf and I'd love to expand on that...like making a hat!

I'm very excited about this forum!

Me too! I've done a whole lot of scarves and have come to the (probably not surprising) conclusion that one cannot live by scarves alone. So I bought myself a pattern book and now I have half a mitten... Smile

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Sun, 12 October 2008 05:47

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Hello, I'm Amelia, one of the UK readers although like Robin I'm an American expat. I'm in my early twenties and spend my days as an International Student Adviser and my evenings and weekends writing novels. I also enjoy cooking and knitting and of course reading anything and everything I can get my hands on. I don't live anywhere near Robin, but my sister-in-law (a huge Robin McKinley fan) lives in Hampshire and we've had to resist the desire to go seek out Robin's house. We know she wouldn't like that but it's just so close!

Naturally, we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels. - Jim Harrison

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Sun, 12 October 2008 08:04

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Hi Amelia,
At least you have the option of going to the book signing. Those of us that live an ocean away don't have that opportunity.

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Sun, 12 October 2008 09:15

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amelia_mansfield wrote on Sun, 12 October 2008 10:47

Hello, I'm Amelia, one of the UK readers

Hi Amelia! Are you coming to the book signing? I'm looking forward to meeting some other Robin fans in the real world Smile

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