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A while back, I heard from one of my favorite yoga teachers, Reena, who was hoping to schedule a book club meeting with Marjan Kamali about THE LION WOMEN OF TEHRAN. I helped to connect them. Two book groups that Reena belongs to had read the book and enjoyed it. She organized a meeting at her home with both groups (there were more than 25 women there), and she asked me to join them, surprising Marjan. What followed was a wonderful discussion. They were organized, and one member after another asked smart questions.

This week has reminded me what summer is like. I find myself ready to plant flowers and spruce up outside. But then I realize that this is just a little taste of summer, and temps are plunging back on Monday. I do wish these beautiful days were going to last through the weekend. I peered out my window at “summer in springtime.” The dandelions sure took advantage of this opportunity to spring themselves back to life.

Those of us who live with people who love golf know that this is Masters weekend. That means that my husband will spend a LOT of time watching golf. I will make a huge batch of pimento cheese sandwiches (somewhere I found the official recipe from The Masters), and then I will head off to read a book. In many ways, this is the perfect weekend for both of us. By the way, my husband finished ALL CARRY by Gene Wojciechowski and loved it. He will be recommending it to his fellow golf lovers. Wait, does this make him “an influencer”?

Over the last few weeks, we have been talking about giving books as gifts throughout the year. When I spoke at an in-person event recently, I suggested as an example that people who use the library to read books should consider giving books as presents, and there were a lot of nodding heads acknowledging this as a good idea. I am going to take this one step further. Buy the books you love and give them as gifts, and do not wait until the holidays at the end of the year to do this.