Dorothea Benton Frank

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Dear Friends, Readers and Those Who Wander,

Happy Spring! Hard to believe but here we are in 2012 and 2011 suddenly seems like a mere blip on the radar screen of life. Time is whizzing by. Last week I was putting the final polish on PORCH LIGHTS and this week I'm trying to figure out how many deviled eggs I need for thirty people on Easter Sunday and worse, how much pig? The best part of spring is that soon there will be flowers everywhere (and pollen) but when June 12th rolls around, PORCH LIGHTS will go on sale and I'll be on book tour once again getting to meet some of the nice people who read my books and to hear their stories. That is, without question, the most rewarding part of my job.

This year's tour is taking me to a few new places — Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Wichita and Kansas City — in addition to my traditional wild and wooly ride around South Carolina. I'm excited about this plan because I haven't been in the Midwest in a few years which hopefully means I'll get to meet and have fun with some new people. Once everything is finalized it will all go up on this web site and I'll start sorting through my clothes to figure out what to pack.

I hope you'll be able to come out and say hello — bring your friends! (Better yet, bring tomatoes. Or peaches.) And, above all, I hope you'll enjoy my new book! PORCH LIGHTS is the story of a small family of stubborn mules at odds with each other for good reasons and about how the power of place and more importantly, the power of love can heal and resolve seemingly insurmountable issues.

Wishing y'all a wonderful 2012 and a fantastic summer!

Sincere thanks and huge hugs!