When I was a little girl, I was infatuated with one person. I tried to imagine what her life would be like. With the onslaught of the Internet I now have a peek inside. It only took about 25 years for me to become a voyeur of her life…but who knew….who the heck knew that JUDY BLUME had a blog!!! If you did know, why didn’t you tell me?? 
And yes…I’ve swiped this photo off of her blog so I can print it out and put her on my wall with St. Paul. The only bad thing about the photo is that only I will know who the heck that is. But I rather like the fact that she’s somewhat obscure in the photo because that’s how she was for me growing up. I knew nothing about her….until about a week ago when I started to read her blog archives. Transparency…is it a blessing or is it a curse? Is it better to know about your hero’s in small ways via a blog or better to have a wide open imagination? I haven’t decided yet. In case you google yourself Judy…..I admire you. I am grateful that you were a part of my childhood…and I’m equally glad that while my mother didn’t want me to read “Forever” my awesome Aunt DeDe helped smuggle a copy over to my house while my mother was busy smoking her cigarettes on the back patio. I think Judy Blume is the one person (along with St. Paul) who would make me quiver in my shoes if I ran into her at the grocery store. I’d be awestruck. That photo reminds me of this one of Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses. Only what urks me about this photo of Marilyn is that she’s supposedly reading at the end of Ulysses and I know so few people who could actually get through that book. (myself included….!!) If you read Judy’s blog you will find out what she’s reading in that photo…(or you could just let your imagination run wild….you know…like before the day’s of the Internet).
