Ready for a Sunday Drive, 1939

Yesterday was gorgeous here on the coast!  One of those blue-sky-no-wind days.  Had it been a Sunday, it was the kind of day my dad would have said to mom, “Let’s go for a drive.”  That was the thing to do back in the forties and fifties – before there were ‘traffic’ problems in every direction.

Nowadays… not so much.  On days like yesterday, we tend to find reasons to stay close to home, enjoying the tranquility of our garden and the relative peace and quiet of the village.  So we were home yesterday when Jen and Ed Wortman of the International Police Museum came knocking at our door.  They were here all the way from Rockaway Beach to buy a few more copies of my Jailhouse book!

Rod Run Sunday, 2015

“There are easier ways to stock your museum bookshelves than by taking a two-hour drive up the coast!” we said.  “We’d have sent them to you!”  But they were due for the dreaded CostCo trip anyway, they told us, and I realized that from Rockaway to Warrenton was about halfway to Oysterville anyway.  And we loved visiting with them!

We’ll be doing some Jailhouse traveling, ourselves, over the next month or so.  Not quite so far though.  On Saturday, September 24^th, I’ll be doing a book talk at Adelaide’s in Ocean Park.  A week later, on the 30^th, I’ll be book-talking at the Shoalwater Library on the Reservation near Tokeland.  And the Sunday after that – I’ll be giving a book talk as part of the Cranberrian Fair at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco!

Who knew that those Jailhouse Stories would be getting so much attention!  I can’t help but think that all those long-ago prisoners, hoping for a miracle escape, are finally finding a way to hit the road!  I’m glad to accommodate!