possibly hope for and that meant we got to have a wonderful conversation about george eliot.as a writer, it doesn't get any better than not. and you'll also appreciate she introduced me and i hope she can mention george eliot, she said instead, it's nice to have mary kay upstairs. she's usually in the children's section with someone in her lap. [laughter] .measure of importance actually matched my daughter's assessments, and that the reading was a big deal because the biggest celebrity in her life, her montessori teacher came to the reading. carla encouraged us by her example in her support to care deeply about what we do. and i got a note recently from alice mcdermott to his reminiscing about her and i'm just going to read from her note because it is so lovely. i think mostly sitting at carla's office in the minutes before reading. it's been my experience some booksellers use this time to worry out loud or maybe just repair the writer for the worse. the weather is often discussed, rain, snow, or an exceptionally lovely evening that portends a small audience. hence there some