Dorothy gave Abby a gold locket with the letter ‘A’ on it. But she also gave her a piece of paper with the following printed on it (I just found out about this!). I thought this was very interesting.“What is the history of the locket? While all jewelry is personal, the locket is perhaps the most …
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Abby’s Trees
Abby loves her trees. She has two of them and she swears they are her friends. “In my backyard there is a London plane tree and a common lime tree,” she says. “They are both big and I stare at them from my window or sit beneath them and read. I really love the common …
British Intelligence
Here is a paraphrase of what Abby told me about her lunch yesterday with Dorothy. “Dorothy and I went to a Thai restaurant for lunch yesterday. Mmm….I love peanut sauce and satay! Anyway, she told me that her husband had worked in British Intelligence way back in the ’60s. She said that the only books …
Abby Visits Dorothy, Part Deux
Dorothy asked Abby if she would go with her to a store that has been giving her trouble. “I have to take some different medications and they always give me a hard time. Maybe I’m paranoid or just getting old but they seem rude and they always make me wait longer than others and it’s …
Abby Visits Dorothy
Abby had her second visit to Dorothy’s apartment. (Dorothy is the woman from the lunch cafe who Abby befriended.) They played gin rummy and then Dorothy talked to her about writing and editing. Dorothy was a professional editor and worked with some of the UK’s best mystery writers of the 1950s and 1960s. “If you …
My First Blog Post
Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the …
Wreck Mott & Abby 