sorry you were too fast for me Angie, read the post now. It's a wonderful story. I spent many years apart from my husband and learning to live together again is always difficult.
I can't imagine life without DFW Tea Readers. We meet several times a month in different locations, with one being at a tea room. We love to have authors drop in or call or Skype. I'll admit you do act differently when an author is present than not. We do have authors as members.
As for being closed to new members, not at all. Maybe because we're in Texas but we welcome all newcombers and try to make them welcome.
I fell in love with the Betty Neels doctor / nurse books in the 70s and have never looked back. Sounds like lots of fun. So glad we can get these in the US easily now.
ah, these unexpected gifts bring tears to my eyes, I think mine was an unexpected bottle of perfume from my husband when we lived in Germany. He was enlisted and it was a big extravagant gift for him but he thought I'd like it. I kept it for years (it really didn't smell that great on me, but sitting there on my dresser made him feel good, so why not?).
I think characters in the books I read are frozen when I stop reading or pause and it's only to save them I get back to them as soon as possible. Doesn't this work for everyone?