Two years ago, I shared a holiday wish list
This year, faced with a Christmas that I won’t be spending with my sister
(for the first time in her lifetime), and an edict from said sister and my
mother that we not buy presents for the adults in the family, but instead give
to charity (something I do anyway, but whatever) I am putting together a
greedy, me ME ME! wish list, similar to my epic letters to Santa Claus. While
the power of positive thinking did not give me winning lottery numbers, perhaps
putting my wish list out there will send some good fortune my way. Here it is,
from the ridiculous to the achievable.
PS - This is by no means a blatant, pathetic attempt to
score gifts. I was inspired by this:
A house on Lake Superior – either somewhere along M64, Misery Bay
or on the Keweenaw Peninsula. I’m not picky.
A place where I could create the Elemental Directions garden
I’ve been growing in my imagination for years.
More seasons of “Firefly” and “Freaks and Geeks.”
Having Nathan Fillion follow me on
Twitter.
A reunion with all my favorite Fishbowl friends.
The opportunity and resources to puppy-sit my puppy sisters.
A system like this for storing my paperback books:
Something like this in blue (and safe) that I could donate to
a certain school district:
http://amigonetblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-how-did-we-ever-survive-childhood.html
http://amigonetblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-how-did-we-ever-survive-childhood.html
A personal trainer/chef who looks this
to help motivate me into
better shape.
Sweet-talking my favorite romance authors into letting me
interview them for a story about why the world needs romance.
A gift certificate for one year of acupuncture treatments.
“Linda Craig and the Search for Scorpio” by Ann Sheldon.
This is a very rare, out-of-print book. Someday it will be mine.
This makes leftover pizza taste like it just came out of the
oven.
A better way to grind my beans:
And to brew them -
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=83113&refsku=81330
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=83113&refsku=81330
Something to stave off the winter blues…
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-goLITE-BLU-Therapy-Device/dp/B001I45XL8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1V0M5IFH4BS5X&coliid=I3OULNR6IHQH0L
http://www.amazon.com/Philips-goLITE-BLU-Therapy-Device/dp/B001I45XL8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pdT1_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1V0M5IFH4BS5X&coliid=I3OULNR6IHQH0L
This little guy. Because cute kitchen gadgets are my
kryptonite.
http://www.amazon.com/Koziol-Kasimir-Cheese-Transparent-Anthracite/dp/B0043BT0VC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1V0M5IFH4BS5X&coliid=I1UUY6GXDAENVR
http://www.amazon.com/Koziol-Kasimir-Cheese-Transparent-Anthracite/dp/B0043BT0VC/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1V0M5IFH4BS5X&coliid=I1UUY6GXDAENVR
These to stomp around in at the office:
I’d be happy with just a wee dram of this:
And chocolate.
Happy Holidays!
What do you want for Christmas?
2 comments:
I wonder if The Search for Scorpio in the Linda Craig series by "Ann Sheldon" (Stratemeyer Syndicate pseudonym) was actually published. I'm not finding a copyright record for it, for example. It could be the case of a "phantom title" that was listed in some way but not ultimately published.
James D. Keeline
http://Stratemeyer.org
I recognize that it has been many years since this blog post and my prior comment.
I can confirm that "The Search for Scorpio" (intended as volume 11 in the Wanderer Linda Craig series) was not published. The Stratemeyer Syndicate did have a manuscript that was fairly far along. They even had a cover painting that needed some revision because it included a dog (not in the story) and they wanted to be sure that the cat's eyes were green (as in the story).
A second manuscript (to be #12) was not quite as far along but was at least left at a first draft at the time the Stratemeyer Syndicate was sold to Simon & Schuster in August 1984. Most of the series were halted until Mega-Books replaced the Stratemeyer Syndicate as the book packager and started up again. Some books in progress were carried over for the new continuing series for series like the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew.
Sharon Wagner was writing the Linda Craig books for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, including the published volumes (7-10) and these unpublished manuscripts (11-12).
James D. Keeline
https://Stratemeyer.org
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