Here is my good friend, Lynn Straus, posing with Barack Obama in Chicago. Thanks to Lynn's tireless efforts -- and so many people like her -- we've got a good man in the White House, and a chance for significant change.
Dear Renee Huhu, how I envy you Lynn. Wish I was there. My girl, a sophomore at University of Chicago, was at Grant Park when Obama made his victory speech. I shed tears of happiness that she's a part of history. And poor me was just watching CNN live from Chicago in Malaysia. By the way do you have the book Texasville. I need it to complete the trilogy. Scoured the bookstores here but cant seem to find it. Cheers Idzan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Look for Texasville at www.abebooks.com. You may buy it there for as little as $1 (U.S.). Not sure how much shipping will be, but I once ordered a book from the U.K. on abebooks, and shipping was around $14, if I recollect.
I write fiction set in the American West, and possess an abiding appreciation for our environment and the natural world. My husband recently retired from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and my two daughters are employed in the conservation arena. I live in Folsom, California, and am a liberal married to a conservative. For some reason it works!
THE BRIDGE AT VALENTINE is due from Tres Picos Press this August. Set in 1890's Idaho, it recounts the story of July Caldwell, the daughter of a sheepman, and Rory Morrow, the son of a cattleman. The men's desire to control the rangeland and their children ultimately deals July and Rory a fatal blow, despite the young lovers' struggle to separate themselves from their fathers' feud. The book's theme -- love, violence, and disputes among families -- demonstrates how trouble comes not from the head, but the heart.
The challenge in writing my book was creating a protagonist willing to oppose her Mormon father to love a Gentile, while conveying the message that women trapped by fate or circumstance always have a choice, but with choice comes consequence -- and sometimes, hope for the future.
Photographer in the Making
Steve at Humboldt State, circa 1976. Until I met him, I'd never been camping. Never held an ax in the woods. Now I do both, simultaneously, while standing on one foot. But I still burn the creme brulee.
Website
Alex Rose, an award-winning writer, designed my website (click on pic to go there), and the cover of my book (coming in August 2010!).
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Oh wow! Thanks Lynn for all your hard work!
Dear Renee
Huhu, how I envy you Lynn. Wish I was there.
My girl, a sophomore at University of Chicago, was at Grant Park when Obama made his victory speech.
I shed tears of happiness that she's a part of history.
And poor me was just watching CNN live from Chicago in Malaysia.
By the way do you have the book Texasville. I need it to complete the trilogy.
Scoured the bookstores here but cant seem to find it.
Cheers
Idzan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Idzam:
Look for Texasville at www.abebooks.com. You may buy it there for as little as $1 (U.S.). Not sure how much shipping will be, but I once ordered a book from the U.K. on abebooks, and shipping was around $14, if I recollect.
Thanks for reading the blog!
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