Tag: sweetie

  • May 17, 2023

    May 17, 2023

    At a signing last weekend at the Barnes and Noble in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a nine-year-old girl came through the line with a well-read copy of Because of Winn-Dixie. I said, “It looks like you’ve read this before.” And she said, “I’ve read it 32 times.” “Good grief,” I said. “Why so many?” “You know…

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  • September 12, 2011

    September 12, 2011

    On Friday night, I was at the opening of the Children’s Theatre Company’s production of Mercy Watson to the Rescue; and there was this wonderful moment where Eugenia Lincoln was standing on stage, screaming for her cat General Washington, demanding that he come home. Eugenia Lincoln’s sister, Baby, suggests that maybe Eugenia should promise General…

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