Free books! Really,
truly, free books! Sunday, August
6, from 1 to 6 pm at the BlackStack Brewery, 755 Prior Avenue North, St. Paul. Ellen and I will be there with other Minnesota authors. The others will be selling and autographing their
books, but we, finding ourselves seriously overstocked, are signing and giving away titles by Ellen Kuhfeld,
Mary Monica Pulver, and Monica Ferris. Come and stock your bookshelves, schmooze with Minnesota authors.
There were five Sundays in
July, which may be why the month seemed endless to me. I am amazed at the number of people who have
remarked to me that this summer is just flying by. June, maybe.
And perhaps August will as well.
But July just went on and on and on . . .
There is a lot going on in
August. There’s the Big Book Give-Away
this weekend. Then next weekend a few of
us are going to the Mad Hatters restaurant and tea room, where patrons are
encouraged to wear hats. The place even
has a supply of hats to loan to the unfortunately bare headed. Then three of the members of the Wednesday
Bunch are taking our entries on needlework to the Fairgrounds – and then going
to the Fair on the 28th to see if we’ve won anything. And to glory in the sights and smells of
horses and poultry and enormous pigs and Scottish highland cattle, and visit
the building where every farm animal from chickens to cows are giving birth and
wander down the midway (but probably not take one of the rides), but will sample
the horrible greasy sugary foods (most of it on a stick), drink fresh-made
lemonade, listen to folk, jazz, African and country music and the vendors trying to
sell us everything from garage doors to rocking chairs to carving knives to
electronic knitting machines to glass miniatures to little devices that chop
and slice vegetables when you turn the crank.
We’ll come home with aching feet and empty wallets, our blood sugar
terrifyingly high and hearts utterly content.
Later today I am going to
consult with a clinician about a date in September or October to have my right knee
replaced.
2 comments:
Good for you to deal with your knee. Be sure to follow those nasty physical therapist & their 'tools of torture' & you will be fine. Be sure to ask about kneeling with your new knee. May your dental work go easy-peasy & you have your smile & mouth back soon. Oh my gosh! This weekend sounds like a lot of fun & laughter & a little bit of work thrown in. It is going to be GREAT!
Good luck with all of your events. They sound like fun. Well, maybe not the knee stuff, but certainly the rest of it.
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