From Nora -- added on Friday,
April 13, 2001 @ 12:30 A.M.
Wasn't going to do this tonight. I'm so tired,
I'm half blind. But I'm so happy to be here, I hate
to go to bed. LOL.
Anyway....
Checked out with the single elderly bellmen
hauling my stuff. We got to keep our darling Jason
another day!
Gloomy, dreary, chilly and rainy in Hartford. We
drive to Waterford--not County Waterford,
unfortunately, but CN. I have a library deal
there--fund raiser for Literacy Volunteers--my
particular hobby-horse.
We have a lovely group, with a long Q&A.
Everyone is just delightful and fun and happy to
have me. Very gratifying. I do my little show for
just over an hour, then sign books. There's a very
old lady from a nursing home who's been brought in
because she wanted to come so much. She's a riot,
and I have such fun with her. She just talks to me
whenever she likes during my Q&A.
Still, afterward, I'm worn out. Jason drives
through the rain back to Madison. We arrive early
and find a restaurant. I eat lots, really stoke up
on a steak sandwich and finish it off with a hot
fudge sundae. Yummmmmm.
Time to kill. It's still rainy and cold. There
happens to be a manicure place right next to the
bookstore, so it seems like a fine idea to take
advantage and sit down and have my hands rubbed.
Two Oriental people, very young, boy and girl. I
think bro and sis. I get Sis.
It's a nice little break, and I watch Bro do
nail tips of the other customer. He's very serious
and intense throughout the procedure.
We walk through the store. Pretty indy, a bit on
the high end side. They've moved my deal to the
library across the street as they have more people
coming than they anticipated. I think, for the most
part, this store deals with Literary stuff.
They're lovely to me, and set us up in a room in
the library, bring me soda and holds.
We have a nice crowd, and I do about a 20 minute
show as they've been asked to donate five bucks to
the library to attend.
When I finish, we pile back in the car for the
long drive to NYC. Hit miserable traffic, but Jason
gets me here just after ten. I'm so happy to be in
the hotel I know and love.
Send two bags of clothes down to be cleaned.
Have two gigs tomorrow, one midtown in the
afternoon, one on Long Island in the evening. BW
should meet me midtown, if his train's on time.
Long day today, long one tomorrow. With Buffalo
looming on Saturday.
One more week. One more week.
Nora
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