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[krabapple]

FYI, in addition to diphtheria, I now have the plague.

I even wish I were kidding. I'm exaggerating, maybe, but not kidding.

I feel awful. I'm not sure if the sinus infection is relapsing and gearing back up, or if I have a virus, but since Saturday afternoon I've been so, so sick. I went to Disciple class yesterday evening (and why I bothered

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[magnetic_pole]

Ah, but the Austins are fun in their own way. They're different enough they won't divide your loyalties.

Feel better! Maggie

[secretsolitaire]

I love Madeleine L'Engle! Don't be afraid to read the Austin books -- they're wonderful, though they can never be as awesome as the Wrinkle in Time series. :-D If you like her nonfiction, you may want to try Two-Part Invention, which is a memoir of her life with her husband (it's sad, but very moving).

ITA with her thoughts on how good stories are "true" -- reminds me of a famous William Carlos Williams quote on poetry:

It is difficult
to get the news from poems
Yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there.

Hope you feel better soon!

[hebrew_hernia]

I'm sorry you're so sick...

But I'm really interested in hearing about this L'Engle book. I may have to go read it. And by "may," I obviously mean "do." I read A Wrinkle in Time when I was 7 and it for serious changed my life. I wrote my college essay about it, and that essay got me into my first-choice college. (Booyah!)

I actually reread it, like, six weeks ago and was completely stricken by the faith-based subtext that I had completely missed at the age of 7. And considering that that book contributed to a lot of my core values... I'm really interested in hearing what L'Engle has to say. And I never would have heard of the book if you hadn't mentioned it. So thank you!

(I also have been almost completely loyal to the Murry-O'Keefes. I did read a few Austin books, but I couldn't find Meet the Austins at the time so I sort of jumped into the middle and none of them ever really took the way the Murry-O'Keefes did. I liked Vicky well enough, but she's no Meg, you know?)