Friday, January 16, 2009

Goose Flesh

It's a Canada Goose. There's a connection. Wait and see. ;)

goose flesh: a rough condition of the skin, resembling that of a plucked , induced by cold or fear; horripilation. Also called goose pimples, goose bumps, goose skin.
(from The Random House Dictionary (of course!))

Today I went to The Yellow Book Road, my delightful local independent children's bookstore. Every single time I visit The Yellow Book Road, I leave something behind. I'm not talking a child or anything major like that But, still, it's always something important enough to warrant a return trip. Today was no exception.

So, I drop off Child #3 at swim team, then swing back onto Interstate 8. When I get to The Yellow Book Road, Mary, Co-Owner Extraordinaire, says, "There's someone who's been waiting to meet you."

And this mystery person was:
-another Canadian from Toronto
-who just published her first book (hers was Nov; mine was Dec)
-who also has pre-green card stories
-who has a child the same age as Child #1
-who lives about six miles from me

It was...
MARLENE WAGMAN-GELLER,
AUTHOR OF
ONCE AGAIN TO ZELDA


And, yes, we're hooking up for dinner soon. And I'm buying her book tomorrow.

I stayed at The Yellow Book Road where Marlene and I REMINISCED (even though we'd never met before!) Finally, Mary, Co-Owner Extraordinaire, says," Barrie, when do you have to pick up Child #3 from swim?" See, that girl's got my back!

Did the connection work? Meeting each other gave Marlene and me GOOSEbumps. Hence, Canada GEESE. Fine. I know it was a bit of a stretch (like a gooseneck lamp)!

Marlene Wagman-Geller and me (a couple of spring geese! Okay. I'm stopping with the bad puns. Enough with the groans!)

Thank you to everyone who visited yesterday's Book Roast. I quite enjoyed myself.

A reminder: Until midnight, Pacific time, Sunday, Jan. 18, you can comment here to win a signed copy of WHAT WOULD EMMA DO? by Eileen Cook or here to win a signed copy of I SO DON'T DO MYSTERIES.

17 comments:

  1. That gave ME goosebumps!!!


    Life is so much fun, isn't it???

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  2. That's pretty cool. Once in Dallas, at a hotel bar, I met a guy my age who grew up five miles away from me and we'd never met.

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  3. see...you are already a bona fide superstar...other published authors are dying to meet you! bravo!

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  4. One never knows who they will meet, especially neighbours.

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  5. Wow! That's really cool. Oh, and as for always forgetting something so you have to return, think maybe it's your subconscious providing excuses for you to go to the bookstore?

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  6. How cool that you two got to meet! And yay for Canadians, LOL. ;)

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  7. Hmmm. Canada geese are quite popular this week.

    In the fall they hang out in huge flocks eating leftovers in the grain fields near m place. My dog and I never succeed in sneaking up on them. Some call them 'rats of the sky'.

    What are pre-green card stories?

    Great story about connecting. I'm going to investigate your new buddy.

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  8. what a great way to find a new friend! see, only good things happen when you visit bookstores

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  9. It’s brilliant to meet someone for the first time but to have somehow known them for ages.

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  10. Oh my this really is a small world eh!

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  11. coolios barrie :)

    on a less bright note: apparently it was a flock of canada geese that brought that plane into the hudson river, though the pilot and co-pilot said 'big BROWN birds' :(

    at least everyone escaped with their lives, unlike the birds....

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  12. Barrie, thank you for your brick donation. The peace of mind your generosity combined with everyone else has been a true blessing. Good friends such as yourself can make even the most trying of times better.

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  14. Hello Barrie,

    And the Canadian diaspora continues spreading. Thanks for visiting over at e-cueniform scratchings.

    The Heroine at my house hails from Germany and keeps saying goosepimples instead of goosebumps, which always makes me smile.

    Congratulations again on your book. I wish both it, and you, success.

    Encore une fois, felicitations.

    Tschuess,
    Chris

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