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June 9th, 2007 / Categories: Alaska, Moose Nuggets / 7 Comments »

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Attended a reading by Amy Tan tonight as part of the conference. She is fantastically funny. If you EVER have a chance to see her, do not hesitate. You will be glad that you did – really. In the meantime, go to her website and check out her Myths and Legends page. lol

Lessa and I have been going, going, going all day – workshops and speakers and then tonight’s reading. We are looking forward to sleeping in for a bit in the morning. The group from Kenai is meeting at 10 with someone who wants to collaborate with us on a project. Hmmmmmm

There will be more workshop sessions tomorrow – another fabulous lunch – and then readings tomorrow night by different faculty presenters from the conference. We have a choice of three venues to attend.

Before I leave you tonight, I want to share a pic I took just for Faith of Dyslexic Chicken fame.  She has a Rubber Chicken Project going – sort of like the PurpleMoose on parade – where she takes her rubber chicken places and takes pictures to prove s/he’s been there.

My rubber chicken is much smaller, but having ever so much fun in Faiths honor – shown here at the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, Homer, Alaska June 9, 2007 – being chewed upon by some really green teeth . . .

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Homer Serenade

June 9th, 2007 / Categories: Alaska, inspiration, Moose Nuggets / Comments Closed

So, Lessa and I are back in our room for the night – she is tapping away on the KLL laptop and I am tapping away on my own. Life is sweet. But where, oh Moosie, ol’ Moosie ol’ pal, does the serenade of your title come in, we ask?

Well, the room was a bit stifling (I KNOW! Alaska and stifling – not always terms you see mixed, right?) so I opened the window (not without some doing, I must say) and blocked it with the ever so kindly left stick! And, now we are being treated to someone somewhere who is singing loudly . . . not unpleasantly, but a bit funny to hear.

We have been duly registered at the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, have visited the bookstore, made purchases, have sat in the restaurant where Lessa partook of a “blue moon” (sing it with me now . . . blue moon . . .) margarita while I drank a mocha, and we have had a delightful dinner of rice, salmon and asparagus, and then we enjoyed the first night keynote speech of Amy Tan.

Oh, friends . . . if you EVER get a chance to hear her speak, please do so. She is delightful and funny, and quirky, and very down to earth.

And, in case you did not know it – she is the writer of the children’s tv series Sagwa, which kitty was named after her own much loved (and dearly missed) kitty.

We are looking forward to the next few days of learning under Ms. Tan and other gifted writers. I’ll pop in from time to time – and I’m sure Lessa will have pictures soon. We’ll be back in Kenai Tuesday late afternoon.

 

It’s time . . .

June 2nd, 2007 / Categories: Alaska, Moose Nuggets, Reading List / 7 Comments »

Okay, folks, it is true. It is not only knitters (of which I am one) who have stashes upon stashes . . .  it is also readers (of which I am ONE) who have stashes upon stashes.

I am cleaning out the book stash – and it pains me greatly to do so. I LOVE books, love to read, wish I had more time – or the ability to stay awake longer – to read. Or, in this case, to read these titles again.

But I do not, and I cannot, so I am coming to you all with a proposition.

I live in Alaska – I make my own fun. Yes, indeedy.

The first five – non-family member- folks who post a comment to this post may take their pick of one of the following titles by Alaskan authors. I will be happy to slip the book into the mail to you come Monday. How’s that for a cool deal from a cool purple moose?

I’ve linked the books to their Amazon counterpart so you can make an informed decision on which you might like.

One to a customer, please – and please leave your choice in your comment. I will email you – so make sure you leave a good, working, email address – so that we can exchange mailing addresses.

On your mark – get set – CHOOSE!

:moose:

Death Takes Passage, by Sue Henry – A Jessie Arnold Mystery (c) 1997

The Music of What Happens by John Straley – A Cecil Younger Mystery (c) 1996

Dead Stick by Megan Mallory Rust – A Taylor Morgan, pilot mystery (c) 1998

and, just because I have way more of her books – AND – because I know some of you really enjoy reading her – here are TWO books by Dana Stabenow:

A Cold Day for Murder – a Kate Shugak mystery (c) 1992

Fire and Ice – a Liam Campbell mystery (c) 1998
 

There are nineteen more titles where these came from – so I will likely do this again. It depends on how this go around works. There is just no more room in my (junk) catch-all room so it is time to clear some out. I am not giving up the autographed copies that I have, however. Sorry ’bout that. The family will likely inherit those someday. Yup, I’ve been blessed to have met Dana, John and Sue. Dana and John attended writers group functions and we treated them to dinner before their speaking engagements. I met Sue at the Writers Conference in 2003.

by the way – Lessa and I are attending this year’s Kachemak Bay Writers Conference next weekend. We leave Friday and return Tuesday. Amy Tan is the keynote speaker this year. Woo-hoo!

Okay – enough from me – enter comment zone. 

 

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