Look at this!

This bottle of wine just arrived via Fed-Ex. 

I only had my cell phone camera handy so pardon the photography, but take a look at that label: Willie Mae's Blackberry Wine. 

Willie Mae is a character in The Friendship Doll, so that in itself was a fun connection. But the extra sweet part of this delightful gift is that it came from librarian friend, Alecia, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Alecia Marcum, that is. Yep, that's where my character Willie Mae got her last name.

And now you know the rest of the story.