June 25th, 2008

Home again. Like many before it over the last four years, the trip to Missouri was a particularly sad one in many respects. My grandmother’s home and household possessions were auctioned off. It was daunting to see my grandparents life reduced to four plywood tables and a few bits of furniture scattered about a garage. At the end of a two hour period most of all they owned had been sold off. As I watched their things being hauled away I realized that with those things went a lifetime of memories, both good and bad. My grandfather’s passing at 85 was a natural happening. His health had been failing for some years. My grandmother struggles with many health issues as well. Someday in the not too distant future she’ll go too. A natural happening. No surprise. The loss of my brother continues to be the opposite however and being back in Norborne I was flooded with more memories of him. It disturbs me that the maladjusted thing that falsely accused my brother and the other members of the cult church she and her disfunctional lot are a part of continue to contact my family. Now it’s being done through a site called Facebook. Like I’ve mentioned in previous posts, these were individuals who told the lawyers and court that they wanted nothing to do with us and had the FBI visit my mother to emphasize that. What a troubled, evil bunch. The book signing at Barnes and Noble was a joy. There were more than a few sales made and I got a chance to reunite with cousins I hadn’t seen in years at the event. Marla and Merrillyn were warm and engaging, funny and kind. I was so grateful that they came to visit and look forward to getting to know them better. They were endearing because there wasn’t an ouce of pretentiousness about them. It was refreshing. I hope to wrap up the sample chapter of the spy book in the next couple of weeks. I’ve got major revisions to do on the posse book and I need to write the film treatment for it as well. I’ll get back to the Buffalo Bill book too and set my sights on establishing a marketing plan with the publisher for the book about my brother. No signings now until July 7th. I’m off to write.