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| This is the best-named pub I've ever seen, and it happens to be in Fort William, which is fairly close to us, if you don't count the sixteen miles of ocean between us and the mainland. This picture has nothing to do with pie, but the Scots do love their pies...and their pubs, so the connection is there. |
My apologies, dear readers, yet again, for my extreme tardiness in gracing this screen with words. I promise I have not been idle. Filling a heavy duty, three-inch binder with enough supporting documents for my fiancee visa application to support a three-legged table with two legs missing has been quite a task. After months of solid work, headaches, and countless, terrifying nightmares in which I find myself completely out of blue paperclips or sealing the UPS box, only to realize that I might have made the cursive "v" in my signature resemble another "r," I am going to mail this monstrosity in at the beginning of the week and do the world's most outrageous happy dance. Then again, I might just cry...for hours. The sheer relief I will feel after putting this in the nice UPS man's hands to deliver it straight to New York for me will only be overshadowed by the torture of waiting for the British Consulate's decision. If only I could send a few good "pretty pleases" to them. Those "with a chocolate covered, sprinkles encrusted, makes-you-want-to-jump-up-and-launch-yourself-into-that-Ghirardelli-chocolate-display-in-the-sweet-shop-window" kind of cherry on top. I want to beg them with that form of asking.
If they grant me my visa, you had better believe I'll be on a Cloud 9 that even Ghirardelli can't rise to. For now, though, I've made the decision to go to my much-missed bed, hope for a few solid hours of sleep, and dream about the flawless Table of Contents I have to create tomorrow, before giving that binder the proofreading of its life! I'll have to make this a short entry, therefore, even though it's a tardy one.
I do have a slice of pie to share to make it all up to you. I somehow managed to actually maintain some creative writing amidst this visa madness, and my first self-published short story is now available on Kindle! You can buy it even if you don't own a Kindle or e-reader of any sort - just download the free PC application. Here's the link to get my story for $0.99! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007L3D94I
I'm sorry it's not a free slice of pie. In fact, I'm sorry it's not pie, because I do love pie, but it might be nice reading material for drinking a lovely cup of tea and savoring a nice slice of lemon meringue or sugar cream with. Just a suggestion.
I appreciate all of your support, and I do hope you will all find the time to grab an e-copy of my short story. Oh! Ben illustrated the cover for me, by the way. See, that has to be worth a slice of pecan with french vanilla ice cream on top - and that fantastic cherry.
