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http://bermudaonion.net "No matter how tired she was, she looked for wild parrots at the end of the day, walking out under the trees with her binoculars and camera at ready, but she'd had no luck spotting them. In the high leafy canopy of the ciebas, birds simply disappeared." Ciebas   a very tall tropical American tree from which kapok is obtained, with lightweight yellowish or pinkish timber. It is pollinated by bats and was held sacred by the Maya. Google

http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com Prologue "Above, the stars and the moon were hidden, a jet black swirl draped around them making the sky seem not to exist, producing a strange but steady silence, giving pause to the wind. As if afraid of the darkness, the coconut trees barely moved against a teasing breeze making its way off the Haitian coast. That same breeze brought first, slave ships, and eventually, tourists in search of paradise--the Haitian experience was open to all. Foreigners came in droves to see and interact with the French-speaking Negroes."

http://bookjourney.wordpress.com This week I finished The Girl Who Came Back To Life by Craig Staufenberg. Also finished Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon. I'm reading Murders At Astaire Castle by Lauren Carr. Also reading, The Deadly Rose by J.M. Lominy.

"When he had told her every tale of battle he held inside him, the soldier gave Sophie stories of home, of the quiet moments he treasured in between the fight. He told her about his daughter. She had died recently, and when Sophie heard this, she felt grateful, more grateful than she ever had for anything in her life, that she could find the strength to take his hand and lay her head on the shoulder of this unbreakable man the world had shattered long ago." http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com

http://fredasvoice.com   "Some of the women spoke of lost husbands, others of friends and family. Some spoke of their parents and others of children half gone from this world, waiting in the north to finish their journey to the next. Each of the women spoke of their passed loved ones intimately, as if they had just seen the dead the other day. When they spoke of Sending, they spoke as if their pilgrimage was just another in a long line of favors they provided their loved one, conducted more from necessity than love."

http://rosecityreader.blogspot.com "When you die, your spirit wakes in the frozen north, in the City of the Dead, and waits there until someone comes along to Send you to the next world by telling you a simple and heartfelt "goodbye." This single word, spoken by someone who loves you, releases your soul from this world and lets you finish your journey to the next life. The city of the Dead is difficult, dangerous, and expensive to reach. You must join the steady stream of mourners who pour north at all times to Send their loved ones, unwilling to let their dead wander forever through the cold."

When I started " Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan Karon, I thought she had given me enough pages to enjoy while saying goodbye to my favorite characters. As I neared the end of the novel, I realized Mitford had become a part of me. Since I have met the characters in a few of the other Mitford novels, I know these characters quite well. Reading this book felt like a family reunion. I felt so happy to meet Father Tim and Cynthia again along with the Violet cat books, Dooley, Sammy, Henry and so many I haven't named here. The characters haven't changed. Father Tim still complains a little bit about his Diabetes. Dooley seems to go on maturing and becoming the son that any man would feel proud to have as his own and Cynthia still looks out for Father Tim like a good and loving wife. The characters are the same, but their circumstances have changed. So I had a lot of catching up to do in the book. I especially enjoyed Father Tim spending time working at the Happy E