A lovely woman has passed from this life, and all of us who were acquainted with her online were blessed by her life. Vera Lucia was an upbeat, loving, and giving person: an artist of many skills, a beautiful crazy woman, a sharing member of the Altered Books yahoo group and others. She was quick with a compliment, never had a negative word to say. That we could all learn from her. Vera Lucia’s work can still be seen on her wonderful blog, Altered Dreams.