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Murasaki Shikibu
The Tale of Genji
Writer of the 1st True Novel? In Kyoto, Japan around 1008.  E-text (Japanese only) and at Amazon.com Also:  The Diary of Murasaki Shikibu." by Murasaki Shikibu (978- )
Available here in E-Text...read it now

John Grisham
The Testament...and many more

John LesCroart
Excellent mystery writer

John Updike
Brazil, Rabbit

Lynn Erickson
Pen name for Carla Peltonen and Molly Swanton

P D James
Baroness James of Holland Park

Tristan Jones
The Incredible Voyage
A Personal Odyssey (in a sailboat)

The Poetry of Clement Clarke Moore including:
"The Night Before Christmas"

The Writing of Henry Livingston, Jr.
including:
"The Night Before Christmas"

J. K. Rowling Official Site
Are you a Harry Potter Fan?
This is the place for you.

Chris Van Allsburg Official Site 
Are you a Polar Express Fan?
This is the place for you.

Christmas Tree Ship II - 2

Around 500  trees were on the ship, and the trees came from North Country Christmas Trees in Wausaukee, Wi (Yikes, I thought, that's only 15 miles west of us... how neat!)  The announcer went on to add that the trees would be given to pre-selected city residents on Saturday. I thought the announcer said that the ship was a U.S. Coast Guard ship, but wasn't sure.

I didn't hear the rest of the story but the story stuck in my mind. We discussed what a neat Christmas story this was, and thought it was neat that the trees came from Wausaukee, and also thought it was neat that it might me a Coast Guard ship that had delivered the trees to those needing one in Chicago.  Neat because our city has a ship builder who builds U.S. Coast Guard ships. And that was that.

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