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Erika took some family pics for us last week.  It was great to see her again... but I still can't believe she is naming her kid that!  She is an amazing photographer.  Check her work out at Yellow Pear Photography.  I'll try and post some more later.  They turned out great... except I didn't really have anything black and white so I ended up having to wear this thing (ug). I tried to make up for it by wearing the beads I backpacked across Morocco to get back to Spain last summer.

I have just finished reading two autobiographies- Elissa Wall and Carolyn Jessop's accounts of growing up in the polygamous community ultimately controlled by Warren Jeffs.  Hello!!! Why was I just sitting here doing nothing when all that time these women needed desperate help?!?!?!  I have been so moved that I am calling Tapestry to volunteer.  The books are pretty graphic so beware if you're going to read them.  When Carolyn got to the part about animal sacrifice (the slow way) in front of children, I had to take a break.  The books are:  Stolen Innocence (watch the video at this website) and Escape.  Soooo sad.   Contact Tapestry to volunteer:  exwives@polygamy.org

I called the raspberry company that supplies Costco to tell them how delightful their product was last night.  They are sending me a bunch of coupons for free raspberries.  This type of thing has happened to me before involving an incident where I received a new pair of panty hose, free of charge, in the mail.  I should do this more often.