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To: Rambi who wrote (4673)	5/23/2004 2:32:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 51759

The pheasant was not there, and the rabbit had hopped away also. The menu had changed- so I had duck. It was really really good- probably the best duck I've ever had. The sauce was some sort of black currant reduction- and the duck was served on a bed of wilted baby greens, with pecans- luscious. We had a good three hours to kill - so we ate slowly and savored- it was a very nice way to spend an evening. A good time was had by all- and the girl we dropped off at the prom also had a lovely time- plus we got to see all the kids coming out of the prom- the dresses were GORGEOUS- and I saw several of my students. So fun.

To: Rambi who wrote (4673)	5/23/2004 6:46:33 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 51759

Our local public library has been moved in to new, fantastic, facilities. It's so pretty, and it has a cafe. Unfortunately the friends of the library now have their own permanent book room- which we went in to- and then we bought too many books. Great titles though- Six Questions of Socrates, Signals of Distress (by Crace- who wrote that really wonderful book called "Being Dead"- about two people who begin the book dead - and they finish the book dead too. A really weird and wonderful read.), two Oxford classics- Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel and The Diary of a Nobody- the title is very intriguing. I also got All we Know of Heaven by Rougeau, and All He Ever Wanted by Shreve, and Dunsany's The King of Elfland's Daughter. I got several more books, but I left that bag in the car, plus the kids got books too. The boy is heavily in to sci fi, and the oldest got some more Steven King. She grew tired of King for a while, and now, after a respite, is back on the King bandwagon. The littles one found a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. The no 1 ladies detective series has a new book out- which I will buy at Costco- perhaps. I bought the whole collection for my classroom- and two of the books have disappeared (which is the best compliment the books can get, because it means someone wanted them enough to keep them). All my copies of THe Hobbit have been pilfered, as well as the entire Lord of the Rings series. I had a first edition of the Stepford Wives in my class library- so I took that home for my kids- since they are doing a movie of it (and it looks good- played for camp, I think). I suppose I will try to give books away to my students- so they read this summer. I think I will keep my sets in tact- for example I bought a complete class set of King's On Writing- and I'd like to keep that, but I'll try to give away the single copies. The world would be a better place if everyone owned and read books- especially if they owned and read a wide variety of books, and not just books that reinforced one narrow parochial view of the world.