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Companion loaf's avatar

I love jacaranda season in LA. I even made a fake virtual background full of jacarandas to use on Zoom calls. I was at the protests today from 2-3:30 and it was very peaceful.

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

Thank you dear Sarah xo How are things today? Sending so much love xo

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Joseph Sadove's avatar

Hi Kerry! Not sure if you remember me, but I'm the friend of Bill and Celina's from Germany. Maybe you remember the one time I came to your reading at the bookstore in Highland Park... not long before you left.

As an otherwise lazy retired person, I volunteer for an org you may even know about: LAWorks. It's a pretty broad engagement that involves all kinds of young people and others, from just excellent poor kids to strugglers. In the category of others, I go to a women's halfway house in Santa Monica and help the women transition from incarceration to get work. In short, even with this, I'm still a bit bereft of purpose after leaving a rather long crushing career on Wall Street.

I also fairly regularly ride the train downtown and go on epic walks around LA. It's an old habit I developed in NYC, particularly after I kicked a previous habit.

If you want, I can aim to wander near where your son is and keep a lookout. Not sure if this is plausible or desired. But the offer is good!

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

Of course I remember you very well Joseph and I will write to you❤️ thank you thank you and Kiffen spoke to Celina today❤️ thanks thanks xo

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Emily Krawczyk's avatar

I love you.

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

I love you xo !!!!! PS One of my favorite parts of the book tour was seeing emerge like a dream from the ether at Diesel Books. Love xo

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Susan f markovitz's avatar

thank you Kerry. Are you done with your book tour? I lived in Pittsburgh for 3 years

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

One more in Bethesda, MD on June 21st, and that's it - we are just hanging around Birmingham. :) xo

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Amy Koss's avatar

I could read you allllll day. Thanks for this. Xo ❤️

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

I love you, Amy - wrote about our day at the Sixth Street Bridge in the memoir - still playing around with it. Love love love xo

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Diana Vasilakis's avatar

Your posts are such a bright light in my email, like a little gift to open and read at bedtime. That collage is so sweet and sad. I used to know one of those cousins…

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

Diana, thank you so much xo I so appreciate your sweet words. Which cousin? Lots of love xo

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Diana Vasilakis's avatar

Joe’s wife has been my close friend for ages- I was in their wedding. I think she shared a column of yours years ago and I’ve been following and enjoying your writing ever since!

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

I adore Suzanne. I'll be seeing her on June 21st as I'm coming to Bethesda to Wonderland Books with my children's novel "Werewolf Hamlet." I was at that wedding :) It was so beautiful. Sending much love, Diana xo

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Cynthia Winton-Henry's avatar

I love Olive under the jacaranda tree and might even paint it!

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

That would be so cool if you wanted Olive amidst the jacaranda petals xo

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Bob Byrd's avatar

Every time I read about Michael I feel a twinge of sadness, but only because you re-created him so well in Offsides. As always I love this.

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

Thank you dear Bob - sending you so much love xo

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DeJuana McCary's avatar

Thank you for your courage!

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Kerry Madden-Lunsford's avatar

Big big love dearest DeJuana xo

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