Dear Friend,
Allergies are lurking in every corner now that spring is here and the trees are budding out. I had my windows open for a few days, but now they are closed and the a/c is on only because of the pollen. When I have weepy and itchy eyes, sneezing, and a runny nose it’s time to forgo the fresh air flowing in from outside. While I enjoy the spring and airing out the house after a closed-up winter, I don’t enjoy what comes with it—pollen; even though I know it is necessary to the plants.
Celebrated Palm Sunday in church yesterday. Our Lutheran church usually starts service outside (weather permitting and it was pretty nice yesterday), then with palms in hand, we follow Pastor into the church for the rest of the beginning of Holy Week.
After service there was a baby shower for the pastor and his wife. They are expecting their 5th little bundle of joy in a few weeks. Instead of giving gifts, everyone brought freezer meals and restaurant gift certificates. The meal was good in that we had a ramen bar. Think salad bar, only with ramen noodles (from the square block of ramen) and all the fixings to make a bowl of ramen. There was pulled pork, hamburger, mushrooms, green onion, carrots, eggs, corn, spinach, broth and four different sauces to choose from. It was a big hit and something that I may use for a Sunday family dinner sometime.
Last week Tuesday was the Chickahsa Area Arts Council monthly meeting. Discussion involved upcoming events including an author signing in May, Freedom event in July, and of course Rock Island Art Festival among other events.
I’ll be skipping the author signing this year but will be at RIAF for the first time in several years! I’m really looking forward to it and hope that the weather is nice—not too hot or windy but just right! Since the event is the first weekend in October, we never know what the weather will be like. This will be the first time I’ve attended since they moved from the Rock Island Depot grounds to the street on Chickasha Avenue stretching from 4th Street to 7th Street.
Writing is progressing along. I’ll be going through the final edits and read through for Art of Deception over the next week and getting it uploaded in time for its April 30th release. The book will be available in both ebook and print, possibly audio at some point. You can pre-order by clicking on the title.
That’s about it for the past week. I can never thank you enough for continuing to read these snippets into my life as an author. I hope I have not bored you too much with them. 😊 After all, other people's lives are never as glamorous as we may think.
May your ereader or bookshelf overflow with delightful books to read!
Maxine
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