A widening circle

It's been a month since The Gift of an Ordinary Day was published.  No bestseller lists, no rave reviews in the New York Times, no calls from Oprah.  There are still a lot of books stacked up on bookstore tables across the land.  And yet, to my mind anyway, the book already feels like a success, thanks to all the readers who have discovered it, read it, and then taken the time to write to me and say, "I'm glad you wrote this book, and I'm glad I found it."

Sitting on the couch in my kitchen...