It's been a while since the last installment.
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Dear Angelina Jolie,
I know it's a coincidence that your new movie comes out the month someone here turns seven (right? May 2014, not summer 2014?), but thank you. She's not even afraid of you, even if her parents might be just a tiny little bit.
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Dear Eleanor Estes,
If only you were alive to know that the same girl who might make a paper chain to count down the months until evil Malificent hits the theaters also burst into tears recently in the middle of Barnes & Noble when her mama had to break the news that you died in 1988. She loves your sweet books, and has read The Moffats, The Middle Moffat, Rufus M., The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye, and Pinky Pye since school started and is almost done with The Moffat Museum. There are only a few books of yours left for her to read that are still in print, and she will no doubt love every last one. Thank you.
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Dear Jeni Britton Bauer,
It took me a while to finally make my first batch of ice cream with your cookbook, but OH MY GOODNESS. The Buckeye Classic I made yesterday? RIDICULOUS. Best ever. I can't believe I made it. You win everything.
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home from Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams on Vimeo.
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Dear Jalon Stephens,
Maddie and Gracie were really excited to get to attend your signing ceremony with the University of Minnesota last night at the gym, and we hope very much that you'll make the U.S. Olympic team in 2016. Hooray!
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Dear Lauryn Hill,
People are still talking about you, yearning for what could have been. This pretty much sums it up: "What’s followed (The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill) has been series of bafflements, each more baffling than the last."
Sigh.
Now that you're out of jail, though, what do you say? Sing for us a little more when you're not so mad at the world? You sound pretty mad. Like, madder than Zach de la Rocha on a bad day.
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Dear LeBron James,
We're house hunting again, but we refuse to rent even the nicest house on LeBron Avenue in Montgomery. Hmph.
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Dear former Lt Col Richard Cole, former Lt Col Edward Saylor, former Staff Sgt. David Thatcher, and former Lt Col Robert Hite,
I didn't know about your yearly toast of the Doolittle Raiders until this past weekend, and I am sorry for that. Now that I know, it will remain one of the most touching stories of patriotism and loyalty I've ever heard. Thank you.
