Sharon Creech's Blog, page 14

Ms. Millay and Moi

It is good to lookthrough the eyes of another writerto see what she seesto know her terrain
(Me and Edna St. Vincent Millay, Camden, Maine)
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Meeting Ms. Millay

Today outside the Camden Public LibraryI came upon Edna St. Vincent Millay - head turned toward Camden Harbor

I followed her gaze
(I tried to post a third photo here,of me beside Ms. Millaybut it does not want to upload.Maybe tomorrow . . .)
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Settling In

Beginning to feel 'official':have license plates and driver's license!
Zipping down the 'to do' list, changing:health/auto/home insurancedoctor, dentistaddress emailphoneinternet serverutility companiesyada yada
(half of those to be done againin the spring when we moveto more permanent quartersbut still here in Maine)
But in the midst of to-doinghave the chance tobake a pie with granddaughter


and that is yummmmmm.
You bake anything this week?With anyone?
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Maine Move, continued

The main reason we movedto Maine
was to followthe beloved grandchildren
who also recently movedto Maine
and another good reasonwasthis:

a seemingly endlesscoastlineofendless beauty.
I think we're going toloveithere.
Have you moved lately?Do you want to?Are you already where you most want to be?
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Welcome to Maine

Maine!
We made itofficiallyour new turf.
Having a little challengeupdating emailsso if your comment has not yet been postedthat is why.
My blog is not yet talking to me.Maybe it didn't want to move.
I will convince it.Stay tuned.
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The Fullness of Emptiness

We thought our homeemptied of its contentswould feel hollow
butinsteadit feels open and inviting
we feel like dancingin its rooms
and we wonder:
why do we needany "stuff"at all?
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The Move, continued

Yesterday, the moving van arrived
Today, it was loaded
and
left.
Bye, bye, stuff!
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The Impending Move

Where have I been?  What have I been doing?

See last post for book tour hopping details.

The tour for The Great Unexpected was mostly awesome:  amazing students and librarians and teachers and independent bookstores.  I mean:  a-maz-ing! I'm so full of all that book love and wish that those who want to cut school library budgets would step into these schools and see the beauty of what can happen with a great librarian, a 'real' library, and 'real' books.

The hardest part of the tour is always the travel - the airport and airplane slog - the sneezing, coughing crowds; the long lines; the delays; the wait, wait, waiting.  My body revolts.  It takes weeks to recover.

But now I'm home and here is what is happening:


We are packing, packing, packing!  It's crazyville here.  We've sold our house in western New York state and are moving to Maine.

Maine!


We are following the grandchildren, who have recently moved there.  (With their parents, yes.)

Here are three things we have discovered:

1.  We have way too many books.
2.  Boxes of books are very heavy.
3.  We have a hard time getting rid of any books.

You, too?  Too many books?  Hard time letting them go?

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Book Tour

Tour schedule for The Great Unexpected

September 19     Wellesley, MA: school and librarySeptember 20     Dedham, MA:    Blue Bunny BooksSeptember 21     Dedham, MA:    school 
September 30     Naperville, IL:    Anderson'sOctober 1           Naperville, IL:    school eventOctober 2           San Jose, CA:     Hicklebees
                                               + school eventOctober 3           Petaluma, CA:    Copperfield's
                                                        2 schoolsOctober 4           Irvine, CA:          Whale of a Tale 
                                                         + school eventOctober 5           Los Angeles:       Children's 
                                                         Book World 
                                                         2 school events
October 12         Nashville, TN:     Parnassus Books 
                                                          school eventOctober 13         Nashville, TN:     Southern Festival 
                                                 of Books
December 9       Pittsburgh, PA:     Black, White 
                                                           and Read

Maine!

So:
it looks like we aremovingtoMaine
!
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