{"id":822,"date":"2010-06-30T11:32:02","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=822"},"modified":"2015-03-05T17:20:13","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T01:20:13","slug":"was-this-hate-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/was-this-hate-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Was this hate mail?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2472_edit1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-821\" title=\"Agapanthus\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2472_edit1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2472_edit1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/IMG_2472_edit1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The bees are finally gone and my agapanthus flowers are opening up. \u00a0Life is good. \u00a0I&#8217;m taking pictures and baking cookies again. My cookbook got delayed the last few weeks but I&#8217;m back on track, hoping to get the recipes all done, tested, and written up by the end of the year. \u00a0I still get emails from people who really liked my first cookbook but one email jolted my ego a bit. &#8220;I bought your cookbook for a dollar at a garage sale and love your recipes. It&#8217;s my new go-to book.&#8221; Huh??&#8230;. Oh no you didn&#8217;t&#8230;.. \u00a0A dollar??&#8230;. A garage sale??&#8230;. How is that supposed to make me feel? \u00a0Is that a compliment or was this hate mail? \u00a0I&#8217;m still trying to decide how I feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bees are finally gone and my agapanthus flowers are opening up. \u00a0Life is good. \u00a0I&#8217;m taking pictures and baking cookies again. 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