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Hey everyone!

Somebody on this Facebook page asked me the other day if I would share some images of where I do my writing, and I though it would be nice to post these pictures for you all…

I live in a big old Victorian house on the top of a hill, and the house came with a large, cavernous, empty and strangely-shaped attic. I asked my friend Michael Flood, a local woodworker of extraordinary gifts, if he would transform that space into a library for me. I wanted him to make shelves that would feel not so much as if they had been built, but as if they had grown organically across the room, like vines. What he created out of that simple instruction was this remarkable space we have come to call "The Skybrary" (my library in the sky.)

It's really wonderful up there in the Skybrary. It feels like a treehouse, like a secret garden, like a ship sailing across the sky. And that's where my new novel was born.

I hope you'll enjoy the photos….Michael Flood is really a genius.

And the poem that is written on the steps leading up to the Skybrary is from Emily Dickinson. It says:

"The soul selects her own society — then shuts the door."

Enjoy,
Liz

https://michaelflood.blogspot.com/2012/07/images-of-skybrary.html

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…and they say Eat Pray Love is only for women!

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My 2 year old nephew turning philosophical with Eat Pray Love 😉

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HAPPINESS JAR from Sri Lanka! And a lovely story…

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Dear Liz,
I know you have got a million happiness jars by now and it’s amazing how creative and inspirational people can be from a simple yet heartfelt thought as this. I have been thinking of doing one myself for a long time now but I must admit that I didn’t have a clue how to come up with an idea. However, last month my husband and I spent a fabulous week in Venice/Italy as it was my 50th birthday present from my husband. My birthday was in January by the way. So you can imagine where I finally got the idea for my happiness jar and you are receiving it all the way from Sweden and I would say from Sri Lanka also as I am originally coming from Sri Lanka. Well as you can see from the much worn out cover of “Eat, Pray & Love”, I really don’t have to tell you how many times I have read it I love it! Please keep doing what you are doing and your unselfish creativity and inspiration is giving much sought hope for the future for women around the world including me.
Love you Liz!
Mangi.

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