Met a dear friend for coffee in the flowermarket. We've been friends since we were pony mad teenagers and although I've probably only seen her a handful of times in the last 20 years as she lives in New Zealand, the years and miles made no difference. We chatted about our families, work, the recession which has hit Ireland much harder than New Zealand or so it seems, and then, our other big love, books. We are drawn to the same authors and sometimes discover that we're reading the same book at the same time.