Happy Birthday Destiny

As I said in a blog post a couple of days ago, our family has a lot of birthdays in April, and today is my granddaughter Destiny’s. Can you believe this beautiful newborn baby is thirteen today?

Destiny is a very intelligent, very loving young lady who makes us proud all the time. But she is definitely not a girly girl. As you can see from this picture, she loves fishing, snowboarding, and anything else to do with the outdoors. Happy birthday, Destiny. We love you.

With my new book going through the proofing process, now I have to plan my next project. Normally I do a John Lee Quarrels book and then a Big Lake one, and alternate back and forth. But right now I’m torn between another Big Lake book, which I have many, many more to write, or starting my new family saga historical fiction series. That’s what I want to do, and I have a couple of chapters written already. But I’m not sure how well it will be received by my readers since it’s not a mystery, which they have come to expect from me. I’m going to do it, it’s just a question of when.

Several readers have asked if I have any more stories to share from my years publishing small town newspapers. Yes, I certainly do, and I will be posting another one in the next day or two. I’m trying to decide if it will be the one about the man with huge diamonds that were formed when the UFO landed on his property, the guy who lynched his mule (oh wait, that was the same man), the person who wanted me to cover his do-it-yourself sex change, or my encounter with Jaws. And those are just a few I have to share with you!

In talking to people online, it seems like most folks are doing okay with the social isolation thing, and while they are not thrilled to be stuck at home, very few of them seem to be climbing the walls. I see that on Facebook all the time. Maybe the folks that I interact with for the most part are more adult and don’t need to be running around catching and spreading viruses. I like people who don’t spread viruses.

And finally, here’s a chuckle to start your day from the collection of funny signs we see in our travels and that our readers share with us.

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Thought For The Day – Another casualty of the Corona virus pandemic: Over the next several months scientists are predicting that over 80% of the world’s blondes will disappear.