Tuesday Book Love: A Love Letter to my Blog Friends

Okay, Okay - I have mentioned this book before:

As Always, Julia: Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto

Why mention is again?

Well.  Yesterday, whilst eating a lovely chicken de volaille aux champignons I started telling my lovely husband about this book: "Well see, they met because Julia wrote a letter to Avis' husband, who was a regular contributor to Harpers magazine, about his opinion vis-a-vis the quality of american knives and she sent him one as a gift and Avis ended up writing back on his behalf and well they became lifelong penpals.  They wrote for many years before they actually met..."

And then it struck me.  This was no different than me calling Dani before i went to Paris and Chateauneuf-de-Mazanc to make sure I wasn't missing something, or turning around and sending the same information on to FFM.  It was no different than me being excited that Fred was giving Betsy-Tacy as a gift, or that GetFresh has Nova Scotian roots, or that AJC has a marvelous heritage and is so generous or that Knityarns always makes me laugh or that Tabitha is what I would call a "dame" in the most adoring way possible and that I do care about her mother's health. 

You don't have to meet people in person to recognize kindred spirts and I am struck by the fact that there is an innate human longing to to be able to tell one's story to someone, but especially to someone who finds you witty or sweet or kind or odd, but all in a good way.  The blogsphere fulfills that need in certain ways and lets us be happy when somone gets something that makes them happy ( hello Rynetta - I love it when you buy a pencil skirt!) or takes a trip (Ina in Paris) or lives an exotic life (Oh my goodness, who lives a more exotic life to me than Ema?)  Or is just plain lovely like Rose or Patricia or Wendy or Marsha or Cate or Suzy or n.b. or A..  How much I learn from Tiffany or Slastena or Audrey or the lovely Shopping with M or one is never enough!  I've seen Jeannie's family and they are beautiful! JD JCrew is always so funny and stylish!  Andrea always amazes me with her gorgeous outfits of the day.  A bigger closet doesn't blog nearly enough, and i always keep her in my thoughts for good health and happiness!   You are all gorgeous women, each and every one of you and I am sure I am leaving some names out, not intentionally but simply because I cannot describe you all in one long-winded paragraph of thanks, but given awhile, I could get there! 

Some of you comment and some of you simply drop by and the fact that you stop by is a gift to me and I try to give that gift right back to you.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  Of course not everyone whose blog we visit or who visit ours become blogfriends - many are simply lovely blog acquaintances.  That is wonderful in its own way.  Some will become more and isn't that a gift? The older I get, the more I appreciate any opportunity to find interesting people with at least some similar interests!

But I digress... All this to say - this is a great book to read if you want to read as two women fall in love with each other by becoming good friends on paper!  You get lots of loves in your life - people (lovers and friends), animals, places, food - isn't it fun to celebrate that now and then? I think so and so despite mentioning this book last week, felt I had to mention it one more time!

Now on a completely FRIVOLOUS tangent!

Today, I channelled Miss Dani BP, of upper canada fame, soon to be of Paris fame.  I realized that I actually had a Dani BP outfit this am!

This was a very simple outfit and old - a michael kors navy cowlneck sweater, J Crew Herringbone pencil skirt in orange from a couple of years back and navy 9 west pumps.

But then I recalled I had a Talbots jacket from a couple of years back:

A delightful houndstooth from Talbots, which when worn with the orange and navy looks practically Dani-esque.  If you do not think so, please, do not disabuse me of my fantasy...

I mean honestly, you can see how happy I look, can't you???  I HAVE A COAT-SKIRT OUTFIT!!!!

So, happy Tuesday!  And remember: stay safe out there!  Especially if you are travelling abroad!  or to the grocery store..

And really, we are going to have to discuss Anne Hatheway's wedding soon...  so lovely...