The Choice

It Does Take a Village (Team) Patti Townley-Covert – Nan’s editor — joined me at the C.S. Lewis Foundation Faculty Forum & Conference at Cal Poly on Feb. 22-23 for the actual book launch for DREAMS in the DISTANCE. Jonathan Price of Jonathan Price Design designed the interior. Paul Trif of TwinArtDesign designed the cover. Author James L Rubart wrote the back copy. IngramSpark did the printing. Karen Ball of Karen Ball Publishing Services, LLC did the developmental edit. Honor Clare Parkinson my dear British research & editing assistant & musical consultant & poetry contributor. I owe Steve Laube of… 

Nessie Nods Farewell After 12 days in Scotland I take off from Edinburgh this morning. My head & my body are ready to go home. But not my heart. I look out the aircraft window and there is Nessie nodding goodbye. Can you see his head? If not, you’ve not the heart of a true Scot. Sairy (sorry).   Who’s Nessie, you ask? The Loch Ness monster, of course. He’s lived in Loch Ness since forever and only specially selected people catch sight of him. Like me this morning. Here’s a story about him I picked up for my granddaughter…. 

Sunset in Forfar Palo Duro Canyon can’t boast of all the gorgeous sunsets in the world. Wednesday evening the sun dipped into the hills west of County Angus in the Lowlands of Scotland. What an enlightening couple days of visiting Kingston Farm and touring Glamis Castle—home of the Queen Mother’s parents and birthplace of Princess Margaret. Some spirits had been through the castle decorating with ghosties, skeletons, cobwebs, black cats & such. Halloween night there will be a midnight tour to scare the wits out of the tourists. We’ve been blessed by gorgeous October weather … a few clouds and…