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Name: Mary Ricksen
Location: West Palm Beach, FL, United States

This is Junior. I moved to Florida in 1980 and I have been missing the mountains ever since. I love pets. Born in Vt., want to move to NC. in the mountains. I love to see the change of seasons, which I miss here in Florida. When I was younger I loved to ride horses, I thought Id die if I didn't have one. I lived anyways. We moved a lot when I was a kid from Canada to Florida I met all kinds of people. The more rural, the more friendly people are. I am married. I have a beautiful secret garden, with everything from Plumeria to Penta. There is nothing better than sitting out there with a good book and seeing the palms and ferns wave in the breezes. I have written and published my first book in a series that takes place on Lake Champlain in Vermont. The first place that felt like home to me. The only thing comparable to the Green Mountains are the Great Smokies, and a little town called Bryson City, NC. My next home, hopefully!I have been happily married forever.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

A good book

A good book can make you feel better. It can help you to file your problems into the back of your head, it can give you a break, if only for awhile. A good book can take you to places you will never otherwise go, to see in your mind through imagery, those things which you would never otherwise see. Stories introduce you to new people, through which you can learn, with whom you can commiserate. New planets, far away galaxies are right in the same room with you. Ideas which you never thought of zoom through your mind. Learn how to handle new situations, or new problems in the pages of a book. Dogs, cats, horses, and even tigers and lions, find a way into your heart. Sad things, happy things, funny things, reading can take you through a myriad of emotions. Teach yourself new ideas, new knowledge is a gift. Or you can even fall in love with romance. Do yourself the kindest of favors.

Read, read, and read some more. You'll be glad you did.

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