Fan letter

My blog is pretty humble compared with many or even with most. However, I do have a few devoted readers. Here's a letter I got in the mail today from my friend Lida about going out for lunch together on New Year's Eve. I had brought her laser copies of my blog so she could see what I had written about her recently. I also brought her some of those delectable little Anthon Berg chocolate liquor bottles.



It's a typically exquisite Lida letter, written on a drawing she sketched on the back of a flyer from her condo office advertising a talk on "My Trip to India." As Lida says about my blog in her letter--"like when you were a kid & had your own friend & sat together talking on & on & sharing thoughts & stories..."--I want to share it with my readers (my gift to you for January 7, 2007)....

One of the many wonderful things about Lida is that light shines through her every word and deed. Lida is the bosom buddy everyone dreams of as a kid. Who knew that when my special friend came along, she'd be almost 90 years old (and me not too far behind)? However, she's better than any 9 year old. She is wide open to the world and has no judgments for those who are in any way different from her. She has no time to sit around sucking eggs over the past because she is fully immersed in living in the present moment. She continues to work harder than almost anyone I know. Thank you for the joy of your friendship and the grace of your good example, Lida.