Yep, I turned 36 yesterday.
The best gift by far was talking to my long-lost friend Maura. For two hours we caught up on the last four years. She’s so rad–she has adopted four kids! My hero. It made me think–what have I been up to?
I guess taking care of animals, and writing this book
which is now in the Penguin Press summer catalog; if you want to check it out, you can download the whole catalog:
booksellers.penguin.com/static/pdf/penguinpress-summer09.pdf
The Urban Orchardist 
You are the shiznit, Novella! Happy birthday, congrats on the book, and what a great cover.
Congrats! Let me know if you ever want to do a guest-blog re: your book.
Congratulations on the book! It looks awesome, and I love the excerpt on the Penguin .pdf.
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