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August 23, 2011

Sarah's Key


I read  Sarah's Key last winter and went to see the film yesterday.  It was excellent!  Even though the book is fictional, it is based on a sad, dark time in Paris in the 1940's.  The story is very moving and the acting is superb!  Be sure you take your tissues!

And, I had quite a once in a lifetime (I hope) experience today.  The state of Virginia experienced the largest earthquake since the 1800's.  I was dusting  in my dining room and every piece of china in the cabinet started to rattle.  At first I thought it was a large plane since I'm not  far from a major airport.  But I soon realized what was happening.  It actually felt like my house was moving.  There were no injuries or major damages in my area. However. the epicenter was about 50 miles away and there were damages reported in that county but no major injuries.  Several historic brick structures were damaged significantly.

4 comments:

  1. It does feel like the house is moving - it was. I haven't heard anything about aftershocks...

    Of course, we didn't feel anything here in Southern Tennessee.

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  2. My daughter was in a motel in Colorado last night (on her way home) and she was on the 3rd floor and she felt the earthquake. I don't know how that can happen. Glad you are safe!

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  3. My goodness, I am happy you are okay! Hopefully, no one was seriously injured! I know you were frightened when the dishes started to shake. We had on in Georgia a few years ago and we thought it was something going wrong with our home; then we realized what it was. It's terrible. Take care!

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  4. what did your dogs do? I spent 6 years in So Cal and got to go through the Northridge Quake. That was something, and we were over 60 miles away in Fullerton, CA.

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