Oh, damn.

[beledibabe]

I am verklempt. Barbara Mertz (aka Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels) died. She was 85, so she had a good run, but still it's a great loss. I met her a couple of times, and she was always gracious and damned funny

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[neadods]

Aw hell. I'm sorry.

[msmoat]

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. My mother and I shared her books, years ago, when my mother could still read. I remember her bringing Crocodile on the Sandbank to me and telling me to read it. I still have that copy of the book. That's all a good thing, really--good memories. But it is making me sad right now, all this change with the passage of time.