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Me and Mimi
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SO, as I write, the lilacs, irises, and peonies have
passed and world hereabouts is abloom with day lilies. The air
is warm and full up with humidity and the daily possibility of
thunder-boomers, while the atmosphere is fouled with dread &
helplessness, giving the ongoing petro-spewage in the Gulf of
Mexico. Ah well. my Betsy-Tacy Coloring Book is off to the
printer. Do you know those Betsy-Tacy books by Maud Hart
Lovelace? A delightful distraction they are. Read more about
them at
www.betsy-tacysociety.org. We'll fly in the face of the
world's sorrows, offset them with summertime and determined
happiness.
(1.) Click over to my BOOKS page,
please. You'll see about my HARRY BOOK, plus the new
paperback edition of my novel (darling of my heart, no
foolin'), JUST For YOU to KNOW, and all the others. But
you'll also find my NEW Laura Ingalls Wilder Coloring Book.
Truly, more than a coloring book, my LIWCB is a 32-page
collection of drawings, an Ingalls family CHRONOLOGY, as well as
a fine introduction by Laura scholar and book buddy, Bill
Anderson.
www.williamandersonbooks.com
(2.) Really, this is shaping up to be a Laura summer. There's to
be a fine new documentary (for which
I did a BUNCH of illustrations) about Mrs. Wilder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUvkRGsPSpg
Who produced it? Dean Butler, the gent who portrayed Almanzo
Wilder on that long-gone, ever-to-be-syndicated television
series.
You'll see on my TRAVEL page that I'll be attending many a LIW event this
summer including Laurapalooza 2010, up in Mankato, MN, a.k.a.
"Deep Valley.". I reckon Mr. Butler will be there, too.
(3.) Should you wish to check out my public speaking brochure,
CLICK HERE
(4.) If you go to
http://timepiebytheslice.blogspot.com you'll arrive at my
blogification on people and things historical.
(5.) If you visit this website:
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com I'm betting you'll be as blown
away as I was!
(6.) To learn about a bunch of us nonfiction authors, do please
visit www.inkthinktank.com
(7.) I almost forgot: Judy Garland and my old dad would have
turned 88 in June, on the 10th. Who else had a June birthday?
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; Composer, Cole Porter; Helen
Keller, humanitarian & author. And Anne Frank, writer, was born
June 12, 1929, on the 5th birthday of 41st President Geo. H.W.
Bush. For birthdays, deathdays, anniversaries:
www.brainyhistory.com
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