Last night was the Library of Virginia Awards dinner. I did not win my category—I lost to a female 2 star general, which is easy to live with. And it was fun to do a black tie thing for the first time in forever and to geek out over some writers I love, including Jocelyn Johnson

Thanks so much! It was rented and I really, really didn't want to return it

Remembering Renee Crist & shouting her out loud. 25 years gone, never forgotten, forever loved. Always the toughest day of the year. Love to all my fellow widows & widowers out here living our stories every day, nobody else knows how lucky we are.