I was talking with folk at New Dominion Bookshop yesterday, in Charlottesville, VA.

and on FaceBook, you won't see these GREAT photos, so please also CLICK on my blog! With other good photographs.

I was hurrying to get there...

facing adversity (isn't that the arc of any narrative?)...

overcame challenge & arrived at the bookstore in time for my Noontime reading...

and they were ready for me...

and people did come, some great people. I asked them what FAMILY meant to them.

Some answers:

"Family is your safety network - whoever will always be there for you."

"Family is a group of people whom you love and they love you."

"Family, either born into or found, who give you support, love and perspective."

"People who can bond, who look out for each other, who make each other better people - ideally."

I'm at Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth Street in Durham, NC, tonight at 7 PM. Come join me!