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Dec 4 Morning Walk
"Walking in a winter wonderland..." Well, not exactly. Monday Dec 4 on the Chilkat. 8:35 am. Dark-ish. 31 degrees.There's a small craft advisory for north winds to 25 knots, the tide is high, but not that high we had a strip pf wet beach to walk on-- snowing kind of...
AAck!
I spent an hour and half on a wonderful blog-- full of love and gratitude for the library board and staff and Friends who made me feel like a lemon queen at the launch-- and for all of you who came and had me sign so many books- and for this town and the...
It’s Here– Find the Good is Officially Out There!
Today is the publication date for Find the Good, which means it's for sale everywhere-- I hope. I also saw the audio book, they arrived at the Babbling Book store in Haines last week, but I haven't listened to myself yet. I'm not sure I can. It's weird to hear...
The Calm Before the Storm?
Tomorrow (April 28th) is the big book launch day, and the party at the Haines library 5-7, and then I'm off on tour Friday, first in Palmer at Fireside Books on Saturday, then Powell's in Portland Monday, the Ketchikan Library Wednesday, and then Old Harbor books in...
Celebrating Big Moments
I am so grateful that the Haines library asked me to have my official book launch there and that it will also be the kick-off for LEAP (Library Expansion and Addition Project), the 10 dollar ticket will go toward the fundraising campaign (plus there will be a lot of...
Good for Another Ten Years
How does "the author" spend the two weeks prior to book launch day -- April 28th? The flu and a colonoscopy! (Do not laugh.) I'm in Juneau, and had "the procedure" yesterday afternoon and (thank goodness) won't need another one for ten years. (Yay!) 'Nuff said. So...
Sunday’s Thought from Marilyn Johnson
Since this has been a whirlwind few days, with my new book, Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-town Obituary Writer, coming out as a a kind of surprise-- I had thought it would be unveiled like magic April 28th, but that was not the case-- I figured...