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On the Patio at Bold tomorrow 2:00-4:00!

Saturday, July 10th, 2021

Cover: Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula

If you’ve not yet been into BOLD Art Framing and Espresso at 711 Pacific Ave N in Long Beach, by all means drop by tomorrow at 2 p.m. when I’ll be chatting a bit about my new book, Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula.  After all, it’s not every Art Gallery that hosts a book-talk and book-signing!  But then, it’s not every gallery that calls itself BOLD and ventures into the literary arts as well as the visual arts.  I couldn’t be more pleased to be a little part of it!

For BOLD owners  Greg Holmes and Daneka Ewert, this book-signing venture is a first!  I hope that it is a fun and successful experience for them and that it won’t be the last of such events. And I’m counting on you readers who are old hands at attending book-talks and author-signings to show up to clap and cheer and (of course) to buy a book or two!

From the very first day that they opened their doors, Daneka and Greg have included a display of books by local authors and, though I cannot speak for others, they have done very well by me.  Indeed, I’ve wished more than once that my friend Bob Meadows was still living so I could tell him all about it.  “Old Bob” was an Oysterville handyman who could fix or jerry-rig just about anything — probably would have done well in the arts, himself.  He had a fine sense of humor and one of the things that amused him greatly was seeing “all them arty fellas” setting up their easels around the Oysterville Church on summer afternoons.

I don’t know if Old Bob had ever been in an Art Gallery, but how I would love to have taken him into BOLD so he could see the marvelous creations of some of them arty folks — me included!  I don’t know how he felt about ghosts but he was interested in the history of this area and I think he enjoyed reading.  Maybe my ghost stories would have been just right for him.  And maybe they’ll be just right for you.  Come on over tomorrow afternoon and find out!

Hope to see you Saturday at my booksigning!

Wednesday, June 30th, 2021

Page A-8, Chinook Observer, June 30, 2021

I’ll be signing copies of my new book, Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula, at Adelaide’s in Ocean Park from 12:30 to 2:30 this coming Saturday!   But before I sign, I’ll be talking a bit about this book — what’s different from my first book of ghost stories, which chapters are sequels and which are totally new information.

Cover: Historic Haunts of the Long Beach Peninsula

I also want to tell you a little about Madam X who guided my steps through several of the stories. Was she a psychic?  A clairvoyant?  A soothsayer?    No matter what you may think about Madam X, you will find her a fascinating character in her own right.  In fact… if you knew her, maybe you can add to my remarks!

So, get there a bit early.  I’ll begin right at 12:30, give you a little “insider information,” answer your questions (if I can!) and then get to the signing part.  I can hardly wait!