Saturday Signing

Saturday I had a book signing out in the wilds of Western Michigan. Specifically, in Kalamazoo.

So, Tim and I packed up Sweet Pea and headed out. Sweet Pea's great in the car and slept most of the way. We met up with a pair of old friends and the mall for lunch, and then I settled in at my table at the bookstore. It went pretty well. I sold three or four books, had some interesting conversations, one with a couple of teenage girls, one with the brother of another old friend who happened by.  Then there was the guy who might have been homeless, who insisted his great-grandfather was Sir Walter Scott. Could have been.

For the quiet interim, I had a bunch of stories to read. I'm a judge in a Youth Short Story contest for the Ann Arbor book fair.  Gotta say, I'm impressed. There's some quality work here, and some hard subjects being tackled. And so the time passed pleasantly until it was time to go.

Comments

[Jane Irwin]

Hey! Next time you're out on this side of the state, give us a buzz -- we can do lunch!

Jane Irwin
Fiery Studios
www.vogelein.com

[Sarah]

Jane: That'd be fabulous. You do the same when you're out this way!

[Alee]

Day after day I complain to my hsnbaud about the belly left after 5 pregnancies and a back injury. He continues to tell me how beautiful I am, to love myself as I am, that it's okay if I want to make changes, but to do it for myself in a positive way. Not until I listened from start to finish to your message did I ever think of it as a Negative Body Obsession. Never did I think about it as a detriment to me and what I accomplish day after day, how much some of the enjoyment of life goes away for me and my hsnbaud because of this obsession with my body. Thank you for all you shared. The problem has not magically disappeared, but now I am at that next level of being consciously aware of what tearing myself down each day is doing and must move forward to a more positive relationship with myself and my body. Thank you.[]