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Mari: You have probably read the vampire stories written by Anne Rice.
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Jan/21/2009, 6:12 pm
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Ginny: I will find out from GF Irish Mary where that book store her daughter works in is. No, I didn't see the statue dedicated to that event - but! did you see that crazy thing in the middle of the street - that is all silver, goes upwards forever and looks like a dunce's hat!? Yikes! They - the Irish - replaced a statue of Oliver Cromwell - the Englishman. The Irish were ticked off, so in its place they put the gigantic silver dunce's cap. So ugly. Hm.....
The name of the book about Irish history is
"The Oxford History of Ireland" by R.F. Foster
I glanced through it this morning, and let me tell you, it reads like a history book from back in my school days. There are details galore. Heavens to betsy - thank goodness I don't have to do a test on it.
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Jan/22/2009, 5:25 pm
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Ginny: Your father sounds like he has a wealth of information in his head. (mine was like that) He comes from that lovely town of Oveida, knows wines, and now I find out that he graduated in History & Arts. Plus his life experiences - well, let me tell you, I think I would have to sit at his feet as he tells me stories.
And! Yes, my Irish Mary's daughter works at Easons the book store that is in the City Centre. So if you did indeed buy your book there - well - her daughter was roaming the store; could even have sold it to you. Here we go again with the 'six degrees of seperation' saga.
You bought a book in a book store, where Irish Mary's daughter works; I know Irish Mary & her daughter now, and I know you who bought the book at her book store. So we have come full circle without realizing at the time, how one encounter is attached to other encounters.
Did that make sense? I am so excited. 
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Jan/23/2009, 6:31 pm
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Wow - you are a rapid reader. Something has happened with me - ? I am behind in reading books & newspapers. I think I have been watching too much TV in the evenings.
Yes, my father was intelligent & had all these facts in his head about history.When I started reading more and more books as an adult, I found that I have tons of questions for him to discuss with. When one is young, I guess you don't know as much and you don't think about asking questions of all sorts. Now that I have read more - and he is deceased - I have no one to ask. Whenever I do come across an older person and they are story tellers, I sit there, listening to them with such interest. But I think the days of oral stories are almost a thing of the past. So many people are more interested in 'sound bites' - condensed stories - don't have time to listen and/or don't care. Once I met a friends, friends, friends elderly father who started telling stories from his youthful life experiences. I sat there rapt, & wanted to stay longer to listen more, but his daughter said 'lets go' and then apologized to me for her father taking my time up telling me stories from his past. I told her on the contrary I had found him very interesting.
So I suppose Ginny, during one of those quiet times with your father (or mother) you could throw out one question and you just might have him tell you an interesting story.
 
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Jan/24/2009, 9:38 pm
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Actually I haven't read the Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles Judi but, I'm thinking of doing so. Any other good Vampire novels ladies, you can recommend?
That's really interesting you're reading the history of Ireland. I love Irish culture. My children's father is Irish-American and both of his grandparents are from Ireland.
yeah babila, I wasn't crazy about New Moon (not enough Edward "sigh") I just started Eclipse.
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Mari, I'm sure you'll enjoy "Eclipse".The best book of the saga, in my opinion.
About another vampire books, have you read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova? I think is quite interesting too.
And there's also Child of the night by Nancy Kilpatrick.
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