Let me tell you about our weekend in Cincinnati...

It all came about because Aunt Deb was presented, along with 175 other Hamilton County, Ohio authors, a Recognition Certificate by the Ohioana Library for living in Ohio and having a book published. Not nearly all the authors showed for the event, but enough to make it very, very interesting. (It's appropriate to announce that Aunt Deb's book has a total of 13 copies in the Cincinnati library and they are always checked out. Let's breathe a prayer that they will inspire someone to adopt a family-less child!)

The authors wrote about such varied subjects as quilting, historic Ohio, histories of lesser known organizations such as church parishes, illustrated books for children, the Ordovician Sea, sports, murder - there was even a young black woman, probably still in her 20s, who wrote her memoirs that included the murder of her father when she was 14 years of age. Oh, to have the time to read them all.

Every author will have his/her book deposited in the archives of the Ohioana Library in Columbus, Ohio, so the story of the adoption of Anna, A Dress for Anna, will live on. People can enjoy it and learn from it long after the author and her family are gone.

Need I say Grandpa and I are well-pleased with our daughter? Now, we know you've done things we'd like to hear about and maybe bloviate a little, too. So send your stories and pictures to me and we'll get them on the Gazette.

Love you all, Grandma for Grandpa and me