Home.  Kiss the ground.  Durham, Atlanta, New York, New Canaan, Portland, Oregon, Bay Area events, La Jolla, Newport Beach, back to Napa, Athens, GA, Gainesville, Florida and Coral Gables–done.  And each event was marvelous and special.  I’m lucky to get to meet so many terrific people who love to read and travel and experience la vita to the fullest.  Luck was with me, too, with the weather along the way.  Smooth flights and blooming trees and flowers made  getting from A to B easy.  That carry-on bag got hard to hoist as I accumulated books along the way.  Culinary low point: facing a limp salad in a plastic box while seated in the middle of row 30.  Second culinary low point: minibar lunch of one giant Snicker.  Otherwise, I enjoyed eating alone  and with friends in wonderful restaurants along the way.  I reconnected with three childhood friends, a college boyfriend, several long-lost friends from early California days, even my daughter’s college boyfriend’s sister.  The book tour is full of surprises. I’m buoyed by the enthusiasm for books I saw everywhere.  Here are a few event photos from the Library of Newport Beach CA:

Here are a couple from Warwick’s Bookstore in La Jolla, CA, In the first, I’m sitting with Susan McBeth, inspired events manager and in the other two with talented staff, who arranged a tasting of Italian cheeses:

More to come!

Friday I go to Boston, then Monday to Toronto, then 4-5 May to Minneapolis. (Click on “Tour” for info.)

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