Off on Another Adventure

Well tomorrow I am off on another adventure. This may quite possibly be my last trip this summer, but who knows. I spent a week on the island of Shikoku, Japan with my son, Cliff (webmaster of this site, linguist, and English teacher in Japan--but not to brag) and his adorable family--wife, Tina and baby, Mei. Next was a special time touring London and Ireland with my precious husband and stepdaughter. Now I embark on a journey that only I can take--to workshop and begin marketing my book in earnest. I feel like the road stretched before me is long, skinny, dusty...I can see it, and it looks like something out of The Grapes of Wrath. But maybe that's the nightmare version. Hopefully the real version is much lighter--like a soft mossy path strewn with rose petals, birds chirping and butterflies flitting in the breeze. Okay, that's the Pollyanna version. What really happens out there in the big wide world, outside the pearly gates of The Woodlands, Texas (also called, "The Bubble") remains to be seen. All I know is I've got my roots done, my nails buffed and bought some fancy clothes and I'm off tomorrow morning at 6:00 am to West Virgina, to the Harper's Ferry Writer's Workshop, and I will live to tell the tale another day. Que será. I'll catch up with you as the drama unfolds...