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Betsy's avatar

Tears of happy nostalgia reading this - yes, that was my favorite book at that age too. Now this is on my bucket list. I didn't know you could actually do this! Or that the ponies are still there! What a gift your essay has been.

L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright's avatar

I am currently standing in the kitchen where Misty was put during the Ash Wednesday Storm right before Stormy was born . :-)

Clayton Barnett's avatar

"Other years, friends or unexpected funds have magically appeared out of nowhere..."

My wife, almost done with Book 4 of Lil Griff, said, "Send Jagi* money. Get her writing again!"

I would but don't know how.

*My pronunciation, not yours.

L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright's avatar

One1 year, John lost his job. It was a Sad Puppies year. His fans were so generous that it paid all our bills for 3 months. During that 3 months he wrote iron Chamber of Memory, which has its own really interesting story (and which I highly recommend. It's like a Charles Williams book written by CS Lewis.). And there was so much, we were able to go to Chincoteague, God bless them.)

Codex redux's avatar

Our family place was Morro Bay.

And how funny! One of my favorites books at that time was also Misty, and my 8-year -old best friend and I played ponies,too! Did you ever try eating grass, just because?

L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright's avatar

My mom taught us how to pull out the inner grass stalk on mature grass and eat the edible nib. :-)

Codex redux's avatar

Cool beans.

Our experiments did not end so well.

Alison Bull's avatar

I still have my Misty and Stormy Breyer horses. I’m hoping to give them to a grandchild one day.

It’s funny but out of the blue I just was looking at staying on Chincoteague this past week. I’ve never been there but now I’m determined to go!

L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright's avatar

Oh you should come!

I strongly recommend Chincoteague Island Vacation Cottages if you're looking for a place to stay. They're wonderful to work with. We've been coming for 16 years now. And they're reasonably priced related to other things you might get on the island.