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Library Event

On Thursday, my daughter-in-law and I braved the afternoon traffic on 99 and headed to Fresno. We stopped long enough along the way to fortify ourselves with McDonald's coffee. We used Mrs. Magellan to find the particular branch of the library we were looking for. When we got near the location, we diligently followed the directions and then Mrs. Magellan said, "You are there." We couldn't see anything that looked like a library. All that was there was a strip mall and a medical center. We drove to the next street, went in to turn around and I spotted to teens walking home from high school. "Where's the library?" I asked. The answer was, "Right down there" and of course both kids pointed in the direction we'd just come. This time we paid better attention, drove into the parking lot of the strip mall, and there on a storefront were the word Library. Obviously at one time this had been a store. Of course the library wasn't very big, bu...

Jane Austen Fair

Once again I'm getting ready for a fair--this time the Jane Austen Fair. Not sure how appropriate it is going to be for a contemporary mystery author to have a booth at a Jane Austen event, but they want me because I'm a local author--and I definitely will be there. Though I am going to take my two latest Rocky Bluff P.D. series books, mainly I'm taking the latest in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree series. I'll be giving away Deadly Omen, the first in the series, to anyone who purchases one of my books. The fair is being held in the St. Paul Newman Center in Fresno from 9 to 5. Anyone in the area, do come and say "hello." A familiar face always is most welcome. My books are packed, don't have to take a table or tent--making things easier. We're leaving on Friday because there is a period of time that afternoon we can set up which will make it easier in the a.m. Now, what should I take to wear? Some folks will be in period costume, but I'm afraid that won...