Thanks to everyone who came to my event at the Carlsbad Library yesterday. It was one of the most enjoyable book groups I've ever visited--such a lively and thoughtful crowd!

On my way there, my daughter and I stopped for snacks at a gas station. I picked up a box of animal crackers, since my stomach has been bonkers lately, and animal crackers were the only thing in the sea of Funyuns and HoHos that I thought I could handle. It turned out to be a fortuitious choice--on the drive, I remembered that animal crackers appear in the scene I had planned to read from, so I was able to use the box as a prop! A fun synchronicity. A very fun day.