tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post6129058789738903976..comments2024-03-27T03:16:57.365-04:00Comments on Girlfriends Book Club: Setting: Where the Heart Feels at HomeWriter Wenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16730769794553260336noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-29409566658587611272014-05-31T01:24:16.480-04:002014-05-31T01:24:16.480-04:00Deb,
That you loved A Summer in Europe and took th...Deb,<br />That you loved A Summer in Europe and took the time to share it with your fabulous online book club was one of the highlights of that year for me! What a fun time it was to get to discuss Gwen's European adventures with all of you!! Can't believe how the time has flown by since then -- 2 years! ago this month -- but it's a memory I will always cherish!! Thanks for your supportiveness, kindness and all-around wonderfulness ;).<br />xoxoMarilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-23417030172919847802014-05-30T11:03:16.196-04:002014-05-30T11:03:16.196-04:00Hi Marilyn, sorry it took me so long to see this :...Hi Marilyn, sorry it took me so long to see this :(<br />There have been many settings (in books) that make me feel like that and this travel-phobe needs those. I remember quite a few in the novel, from The first plane ride to when the Group all meet up to when Gwen first meets the brothers. It is one of those novels that will forever be in my memory. :)<br />debThe Reading Frenzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908245479700999445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-11608525185087625792014-05-22T16:16:37.446-04:002014-05-22T16:16:37.446-04:00Thanks so much, Ariella!
I knew you and I shared a...Thanks so much, Ariella!<br />I knew you and I shared a love of Italy -- I agree that it's a place that inspires stories ;). Siena was so unusual and lovely, too...you must have had an incredible time there!Marilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-34139081640959869472014-05-22T15:37:44.148-04:002014-05-22T15:37:44.148-04:00Awesome.
Italy has been a huge inspiration for me...Awesome.<br /> Italy has been a huge inspiration for me as well. I knew when I was studying abroad in Siena that someday I would write about it. <br />Some places are characters.Ariella Papahttp://ariellapapa.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-70766559311445858612014-05-22T15:36:16.248-04:002014-05-22T15:36:16.248-04:00Ellyn,
You're most welcome!! And thank you for...Ellyn,<br />You're most welcome!! And thank you for taking the time to stop by. So glad to have you on the GBC with us ;).Marilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-18990738357442413282014-05-22T15:35:13.527-04:002014-05-22T15:35:13.527-04:00Muse, thank you ;).
I love reading your thoughts o...Muse, thank you ;).<br />I love reading your thoughts on Santa Fe -- I think it's one of the loveliest cities in the country -- so beautiful, so artistic, so rich in history. I've only had the pleasure of visiting there twice, the first time with my husband nearly 20 years ago (we both fell in love with it!) and, then, last summer with our son. I'm not sure if I told you that it was his very favorite city in all the West. He loved it there and wants to go back. I'm glad you and your family were able to live in that magical place for three decades!! xoxMarilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-68361105012810105062014-05-22T15:11:30.390-04:002014-05-22T15:11:30.390-04:00Ahhh, thanks Marilyn, for bringing back memories o...Ahhh, thanks Marilyn, for bringing back memories of Italy!Ellyn Oaksmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541934133076193547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037419790609319671.post-29357858666560036502014-05-22T07:20:37.605-04:002014-05-22T07:20:37.605-04:00My parents moved us to Santa Fe, NM from the flat ...My parents moved us to Santa Fe, NM from the flat plains of OK, just before I started first grade. I fell in love with the mountains, the artists in the plaza, and the Indians ( native Americans now). It seems that all my first major experiences of life happened there, from seeing my first astronaut face-to-face, to the vivid memory of time stopping when President Kennedy died. I was crushed when my dad's job moved us to the deserts of TX two years later and longed for "home" from then on.<br />It wasn't until I was married and my husband was graduating from the State Police Academy, that I found out that he had been assigned to District One-- Santa Fe. I jumped up and down, yelled like a kid, and then sat down and cried. I was going home, after twenty years absence.<br />We had the joy of living in this mecca for the next 30 Yeats and raising our family there before we too, had to move on from this place of wonder.Mountain Musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16731681573050854930noreply@blogger.com