Celebrating Violet
Monday, June 30, 2008
Melissa Walker: I've raved about her here before. Mentioned how we were first paired in the pages of Family Circle magazine, then crossed paths again in a New York Public Library publication, and, always, spontaneously intersect on many (for me) delightful occasions. She's someone I'm perpetually rooting for, as are we all out here. She's combined talent with savvy, and she's been embraced—by myspacers and facebookers and bloggers, by The New York Times and NPR, by runway models and by people who just love a good, involving book to read.
This past weekend I had the pleasure of reading Violet by Design (for, having read Violet on the Runway, I just had to know how things were turning out for our home-loving, good-hearted, slender beauty with a viciously usurious agent), and I'm turning today's blog over to a Melissa Celebration. You really can't put these Violet books down. With flair, with panache, with a moral center, they take you places—Brazil, Madrid, Barcelona. And then they bring you home.
A million bouquets for Melissa.
2 comments:
Thank you for the lovely post! I'm so, so glad you like the Violet books, Beth. It is a huge honor for me, coming from such a poet as you.
Now you've really peaked my interest in reading her work! Thank you.
I love this photo. I used to grow this plant in my Chicago garden, even moving it when I did, because I had started it from seed. It was one of my favorites, especially the wonderful violet color. Thanks for the memory.
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