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John Erwin Doerper I have worked as a food and travel writer for the last thirty years. Now I'm turning to fiction.

Nearest Book Meme (inspired by Evie Shockley)

December 14, 2008, 7:21 pm

Nearest Book Meme

"Leaf sprays are slender and delicate."
 Stuart, John D., and John O. Sawyer, Trees and SHrubs of California. California Natural History Guides, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 2001.

(Gowen Cypress, Cupressus goveniana) 

  • Grab the book nearest you.  Right now.
  • Turn to page 45.
  • Find the fifth sentence.
  • Post that sentence (with attribution) along with these instructions to your own blog, and leave a comment below so I'll know whose blogs to come visit!
 
 
Steve Hauk

Steve Hauk says:

``What was Hochmann like?''

The character Kathryn, asking Hope (think Jackson Pollock's widow Lee Krasner), from John Updike's ``Seek My Face.''

Blog? What's a blog? Is that like a Pollock paint splatter?

Ooops, I think I screwed this up, John. I jumped right in but, alas, I don't get it. Will somebody pick up the ball and continue, please?

Evie Shockley

Evie Shockley says:

nice

Glad to have an image of the cypress in my head this morning!  Thanks for playing!  : )