Marie Z. Johansen's Page

Hello Gail! A dear friend gave me a copy of your book a few years ago and it had lived on my book shelf looking nice, but unread. On June 21st (which was, coincidentally, the summer solstice, a Friday and the end of a pay period) I took early retirement and began to read your book at last. Since then I have been purging, sifting and sorting.I had donated 16 very large boxes of books, just about my entire wardrobe (14 black garbage sized bags filled to the top), mountains of unused blankets,…See More