I've just surfaced from a good book. I loved this book, every page of it. I was taken into its world, in anguish over the fate of its characters. I even composed an imaginary letter of recrimination to the author when one of the characters died and I was grief-stricken. The book I've just finished is called "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Piccoult. I'm comparing it to the books I read as a child that always sent me into another world. Not that Sister's Keeper compares to Sweet Valley High or the Caitlin horse series, but just as you can smell the flower scented air of the Secret Garden or feel the salt on your skin from the Island of the Blue Dolphins, you forget to breath the Santa Barbara air in 2007. Someday I'll have to return to my life. Or maybe I'll just find another good book. Got any recommendations?
According to experts, chocolate is now good for you. Feel guilt no longer; chocolate is actually good for the heart, brain and libido. Can I get an amen? That is more than the permission the kids and I needed to visit Papa during his shift at the Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory. If you ever find yourself cruising down I-5 through the nothingness of Lathrop, do something sweet for yourself and pit stop at Ghirardelli's ice cream shop. At $5 each, the "World Famous Hot Fudge Sundae" will not disappoint. The smell alone is enough to get your dopamine levels rising, keeping travelers bellied up to the bar like alcoholics on a binge. Thankfully, you can't get pulled over for driving home under the influence of an over-sized sundae. Although, judging by the giddiness and volume of some of the pint-sized patrons, I'd say the hot fudge can definitely affect your judgement. Life may be like a box of chocolates, but in this case, you definitely know what you are g
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