Be grateful for being in a safe place this morning, be it your bed, office, car, en route to your destination. Japan, no stranger to earthquakes, got an 8.9 magnitude and was subsequently hit by a tremendous tsunami. Watching it replay on CNN today was unbelievable. Here I am in my own quiet…
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Elinor Loredan: But I just adore everything Persian.
Meggie Folchart: You’ve been to Persia, then?
Elinor Loredan: Yes, a hundred times. Along with St. Petersburg, Paris, Middle-Earth, distant planets and Shangri-la. And I never had to leave this room. Books are adventure. They contain murder and mayhem and passion. They love anyone who opens them.