My friend, the amazingly talented Australian artist and the author of
Sydney's Song Ia Uaro ordered my poetry book from Amazon, as an end-of-the-year gift for Dr Rada, who is a Polish Jew and--get this!--became fascinated with Japanese at an early age, and now teaches the language. The Aussie-Japanese-Polish connection. How neat is that!
Ia shared with me the image of
Home as it arrived at her place! Here is how it hangs 'down under':
On a different not, the reference librarian in Santa Monica Public Library wrote this to me:
"Thank you for contacting the Santa Monica Public Library about the book,
Home. Our materials selection staff has decided to add this title to the collection. Please be aware it can take several weeks before added items are available for checkout."
Published on December 04, 2012 20:57