Thursday Tidbits
Posted on October 2, 2014 under Thursday Tidbits with no comments yet
Bookmark December 4th. for my book launch at People’s Place Library 7:00 p.m.
When (!) you buy my second book, you will receive, absolutely free, this customized bookmark. It was designed by my good friend, Jean Pearcey of Jeanious Designs. She also designed the cover of the new book and my team is very pleased with the results.
It doesn’t happen often but every now and then I am fumbling around for a story idea. I mean, a fellow can’t be creative 365 days of the year. I have learned to be more attentive and a better listener, which I’m finding out, are good skills to hone if you’re a writer ( or a husband ). By the way, Betty gets a special award as 32 years ago today I said “I do” and she said “yes, you will!” Like most wives, she is a saint and has paved a direct path to heaven for putting up with me all these years.
Oh yes. That creativity thing. As long as I bump into a different person every day and those are good odds, I usually come away with a new story idea. Case in point, I bumped into someone yesterday. I asked him if all of his children were “off the payroll.” You all know what I mean by that. He mentioned that his daughter was currently in Ireland for a year, Cork to be exact.
Having been to Cork 10 years ago, I was able to get a good visual, especially my trip to the Blarney Castle to kiss the stone. That was a weird day looking back. It was a miserable weather day and we got lost several times before reaching our final destination. It’s funny how things don’t look too bad with the passage of time. Anyway, I decided to do a story. It’s called “Put a Cork In It. “ Coming soon.
I haven’t even published the story on going to the Capitol Theater as a kid and I’ve already had a lot of feedback. It seems everyone has a very clear visual of going to see a show on Saturday afternoon. There was a time that the town dump was in town over near the Public Works shed. One guy told me that he and his buddies used to go there on Saturdays ( garbage day back then ) to scavenge for beer bottles . They would then head to Pete Poirier’s and trade in the bottles for penny candy before heading to the show. He’s a little older than me. He paid .13 cents to get into the show. The ravages of inflation brought that to .37 cents when I was a kid. Stay tuned for “A Capitol Idea.”
This Saturday, I will be publishing part 3 of the trilogy “ Milling About.”
There is still a bit of chatter about last weekend’s weather. In the middle of summer, we expect warm days and gentle breezes. When this kind of weather comes out of nowhere at the end of the summer, it’s like a lottery win. If we could just find a way to bottle last Sunday.
Hope you have a great weekend.
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