The Very Charming Charing Cross Road

I just finished the most charming novellas. Helene Hanff's 84, Charing Cross Road and The Duchess of Bloomsbury. This woman simply published her letters and journal entries containing everyday life events AND it's interesting!!!! I think this is the sign of a truly great writer.

There was no heartbreaking romance, no affair, intrigue, or murder. It was simply the everyday quotidian so charmingly written that the reader wanted to read on. It made me want to face my own daily struggle with Helene's slightly adventurous spirit and apply her humorous sensibility to my own dilemmas. After all, so many of life's challenges seem the same. New characters, sometimes new dilemmas, but so many of the same feelings, fears, and obstacles to overcome. Here is an average woman with an average story, remarkably told!

Doogie, Jr.

I grew up in the “Dougie Howser” age. Each evening, Dougie, kid genious, would turn on his computer and TYPE!! his journal entries.

I guess I’m a little slow because now it’s 2007 and people not only type their journals on a regular basis, but also POST them on the internet for the entire world to read.

So, I thought, why not follow in the footsteps of, well, Doogie Howser. He was a doctor after all. I will vent my dowdy thoughts on the internet (a la Doogie, Jr. of 2007). In this manner, I will save my household and infect some hidden corner of cyberspace.