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Monday, September 3, 2012

Hurricane, Hospital, and Humble request

Many of you are already followers of Writer and Blogger Extraordinaire Roland Yeomans, who blogs at Writing in the Crosshairs.  

If you are a follower of Roland's blog, you know that he lives in New Orleans and intertwines the fabulous city into all of his works.  New Orleans is one of the best cities in the country for music, food and the arts.  The downside is that the city is several feet below sea level and is located in a prime spot on the coast for hurricanes.  

Unfortunately, New Orleans was hit, yet again, with Hurricane Isaac last week.  This came on the 7th anniversary of the devastating Hurricane Katrina.

In the midst of the carnage, our friend Roland was hit by a car while taking out his trash.  The car's breaks went out in the floodwaters, taking him out with them.  He was hospitalized with only catastrophic insurance and was released just in time for rent to be due.  

Without money to cover his rent, and mounting hospital bills surely piling up, I'd like to encourage any of you that haven't read any of Roland's books to purchase them now.  What a better way to spend a lazy Labor Day holiday than to do a little reading?

Already read Roland's books?  How about "gifting" them to a friend?

You can find them on Amazon here

Roland has not asked for anything but I think it would be nice of us to show him our support.  He has always been very supportive to me as a blogger and I have a feeling he is done the same for many of you.

Happy Labor Day everyone!

13 comments:

  1. Thanks for letting us know, Heather.

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  2. Yes thanks for highlighting this. Sending Roland, and anyone else effected by the hurricane, our thoughts and prayers.

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  3. Wonderful, Heather! A couple of us are doing a shout-out for Roland tomorrow as well.

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  4. You are very kind, Heather. I know many more need help than I do. My city is not New Orleans but close. I have yet to hear from the apartment's owner. But The Father has always provided. I know the Salvation Army in New Orleans could desparately use any support you could give. There is a link to them on my sidebar. Thank you for being my friend, Heather.

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  5. Thanks, Alex. This is very surprising and makes my Labor Day much happier for the caring of my friends. I am on call for the blood center for which I am now back at work so I will be limping to the blood van and running the roads all day. Thanks, Heather and Alex.

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  6. That's so kind and generous of you, Heather, to spread the news about Roland.

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  7. Very sweet of you Heather.

    ......dhole

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  8. Hope you are on the mend, Roland and everybody affected by the devastation of the hurricane. If thoughts can help people recover mine are winging their way across the ocean.

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  9. Heather - this is wonderful!
    Roland - thanks for the link!

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  10. That's a great idea. I bought The Bear with Two Shadows.

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  11. Absolutely! Poor guy...he has had too many rough adventures.

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  12. You are a good person for telling us about Roland. I will go right over now and check out his books.

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  13. Oh, poor guy! How awful! Going to check out his books....

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