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Monday, December 24, 2018

The Writer's Life 12/24 - Gifts

From Foxnews.com, edited by yours truly: An Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient received a new house for Christmas that was built to accommodate his wartime injuries. Former combat medic Travis Worrell received the mortgage-free home thanks to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, founded by Frank Siller. Worrell is a quadriplegic who was paralyzed after sustaining injuries in Afghanistan. The foundation was started after Siller's brother, Stephen, who died while trying to save others during the terror attack on 9/11. Here's a pic:


Anyone who thought the Patriots would not earn a first round bye must be mighty disappointed, as the Chiefs and Chargers did them a big favor by losing yesterday. For now, the Saints look like the class of the NFL. The biggest surprise is that the Steelers might not make the playoffs. Meanwhile, in things that really matter, former NFL linebacker, television analyst and front office exec Matt Millen has received a wonderful Christmas gift - a new heart. He is out of surgery and in recovery.


I'm about one-third through the first proof copy of Inside Out. I've found 20 errors in 110 pages.

The rain moved out by late morning, allowing the floating book shop to operate. Since it's Christmas Eve, I didn't expect much business, and that proved correct, although I was blessed with two surprises. My thanks to the gentleman who bought two books in Russian, and to the young woman who donated about 20 books in that language, almost all paperbacks; and to the woman who purchased The Jews, a novel which seems to have been forgotten. It's not listed at any of the sites I visited, hence the omission of the author's name. Special thanks to Monsie, who passed and later returned with a card for me. When I opened it later I found $20 inside. She's been a regular customer for years.  Her family has been plagued with early deaths. Here's what she wrote inside:


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