in a wonderful wrap up to the Crimecon conference
who should pick me up at my hotel
but blogger writer/poet friend
Sarah Russell
https://sarahrussellpoetry.net
who I had never met in person before
but felt like I’ve known forever
from reading and commenting back and forth
over the years
sarah and her husband roy
created a lovely zen garden waterfall dinner and dessert
and wine and good company evening for me,
complete with chauffeur service
then of course
in the very early morning hours after
at the airport
that darn coffee place
still could not quite
make out who I was
and I knew i was home.
—
‘curtain! fast music! light! ready for the last finale! great! the show looks good, the show looks good!’
-florenz ziegfeld
*Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris.
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How wonderful to meet Bloggerfriends. It makes it more special. 😘
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it really is an added joy
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Lovely photo, Beth! One of the joys of going to cons is meeting potentially friends from afar! Sounds like a super trip you enjoyed!
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yes, on so many levels
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You met a blogger friend. How cool is that. Oh my! Happy you were so lucky. Your happiness makes me happy too, Beth. Amazing. Thanks.
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it was wonderful and thank you so much, selma
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Time well spent. Meritorious. Xoxo
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I love meeting blogging friends! You are so right, it feels like you have known them forever.
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thinking back, I’ve met 5 blogging friends in person over the years –
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Aww how lovely to meet another blogger Beth 🤗
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yes, very fun
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Congrats on another great blogger connect, Beth!
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meeting you and Karen was great as well, and the circumstances were so unusual)
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I love meeting blogger friends. I have a dear friend whom I see quite frequently and consider her one of my best friends. Yay for you. 💕
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it’s so fun and I’m so glad for you –
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Hello, Beck! Nice to meet you! LOL! Love the meet-up…sounds grand, grand, grand! 🥰💕🥰
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I’ve come to expect that they’ll never get my name right and enjoy meeting other bloggers in person. why we need to organize a blogfest maybe next year -)
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Yes! Yes! Yes! Love that! 🥰❤️🥰
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How wonderful.
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<3
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🌹🌹🌹
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This is wonderful! How nice to be able to meet face to face.
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yes, it was fun to meet in person –
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This totally warmed my heart. I’m glad for you both. It must have been nice to meet her
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yes, it was very nice
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What a lovely gathering, Beth. I can relate when you say that you two never met in person before, but it seems you already know each other well. I have always felt the same when I met fellow bloggers.
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yes, you get to know each other before you actually meet –
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Friend stories, I think, occupy the upper echelons of our collections.
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Yes, I absolutely agree, Jim –
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What a great evening we had! Pretty giddy in the kitchen, and it shows!
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So fun!
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Thank you for sharing Beck
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😺
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How wonderful. I’m so happy you had such a terrific experience.
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it was really a great experience
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Oh I love when divine intervention appears! Will you write more about the conference? Sounds quite wonderful
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I’m going to do a top ten list I think for tomorrow, so many interesting things
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I’m so glad you met Sarah. I’ve formed deep friendships with bloggers I connected with online and then later met in person.
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It’s so nice to have that opportunity
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Love the familiarity of blogger meet-ups, Beth! Sounds like a great conference! Welcome home!
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thanks, wynne
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The two of you can become the next Cagney and Lacey. (I’m confident you know the reference.)
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absolutely !
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Meeting a fellow blogger is on my bucket list. Fingers crossed.
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It’s been wonderful
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That’s wonderful to hear Beth.Always nice meeting blogging friends.
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So great
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How wonderful to meet another blogging friend, Beth! I have yet to check that off my bucket list. :) Great photo of you two!
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it was so fun! I’m sure you will one day, I have no doubt @!
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I love that you had so much fun!
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yes, it was a great time –
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Ahh nice pic! 😉
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I’ve never met a fellow blogger! Wonderful!
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so nice
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Oh my goodness! Meeting a fellow blogger is as good as it gets. I have met two, so I know how wonderful this was for you, Beth.
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yes!
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😀
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How lovely that you were able to meet in person. 🤓
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yes, it was very nice
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