G.G. Vandagriff, Author
31
Oct
Please, please comment on what order I should introduce these characters to make the book enticing. I will use all my influence to name my coming grandchild after you. Any other comments will be appreciated. Please look past the editing. Thank you, thank you, thank you. R O X I E At first, it just [...]
27
Oct
By G.G. Vandagriff Once again, Jennie Hansen proves herself to be the LDS mistress of the plot. Plots seem to flow from her endlessly and seamlessly. One imagines her just going into a semi-zen state and having the perfect plot, twists and all emerge from her computer. Shudder is a perfect example, with the complex [...]
27
Oct
I am here to remind you that even in these uncertain times, it’s good to plan and to have dreams. Read “Cast Not Away Therefore thy Confidence,” by Elder Holland and you will see that it is the adversary that wants us to see the world as gray and hopeless. We all have a mission [...]
19
Oct
We have already decided we’re coming back next year prior to the research trip we’re planning to the Greek Islands. It is tearing me apart to leave. Our hostess and her son are like family. He took us driving all over Tuscany yesterday and wouldn’t even accept money for gas. Today we made our last [...]
18
Oct
As I struggle to separate myself from this place I have come to love so much in a short time, I wonder why it is so hard. David (aka Herc) handed me the answer in an article by Jeanette Winterton in the Wall Street Journal. Manic-Depressive, she was exploring the connection between her disease (the [...]
17
Oct
Think of my poor husband following me around Florence ohhing and ahhing the males nude statue that reside on every corner. Me not him. Well, his day is finally come. In an extensive and never-to-be forgotten tour of the Medici’s Pitti Palace today, I saw him on the ceiling of one of the rooms! He [...]
16
Oct
Today we had a very expensive and very rare treat, known during the Renaissance to only the Medici’s (ruling family of Florence and Tuscany—patron of all the arts) and their very close associates. We found a tour that takes you through their secret corridor which is 1 km long. It runs from the map room [...]
15
Oct
This will be short because it’s been a long day. After our unforgettable view of the divine sculpture of David in the Accademia Gallery this morning, we took off by bus for Lucca, a positive gem of a town. It is small, contained inside a 2000 year old wall and has four very large churches, [...]
14
Oct
It didn’t seem like it was going to be a very productive day. I woke very late and stayed in bed still later. After dosing myself with tylenol, adderal, and diet coke, I was finally able to hoist myself out of my comfortable bed and get myself pulled together. Determined to economize, we got directions [...]
13
Oct
I am seriously getting into this business of unwinding. I slept til ten o’clock! Then I had a nice long chat with my Italian landlady (about the complaints of getting old –she’s twenty years younger and has the same issues). Afterwards I went for my appointment at a lovely spa (the Ladies made me do [...]
