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    Hurricane Shot

    Apparently some readers are curious about my biography picture, especially about why I'm holding on so tightly to my hat. The shot was taken on a Girl Cruise with dear old friends, BA Colley and Sandy Aubitz, whose family IS FuzionPrint. Thank you again, Brian Aubitz, Ann, and Ashley, for doing such a beautiful job with "My Nun and Her Husband." To share the entire story of our trip, Titanic sans iceberg, would take another book. I'm not up to that, at least, not anytime soon

    Okay, so we lost!

    Last night, Jackie White and I were up for an award for our book, "Sidetracked." Of course, I believed we would win, hands down. Jackie disagreed announcing, "Not a chance!" As always, my co-author was correct. Admittedly, our competition was stellar. But the evening was great fun anyway. All the Mercer University Press folks sat together chatting and making merry as the winners picked up their prizes. Jackie and I drowned our sorrows with two desserts. Also Jackie had a nice

    Great Response!

    I am thrilled by the attention this website is already receiving. So many compliments were emailed to me on this, the very first day!!! To think, a 15-year-old Loftin designed it . . . As everyone knows, it's lovely to have grandchildren. For certain, Jamey and I adore ours. *Emmett, our 12-year-old, told me his brother had worked for hours and hours on the site. Loftin, of course, said it was "no trouble at all." Sweet boys, both of them. Gifted in his own right, Emmett migh
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