Chill-out Pass
Several days after I published my first novel Hiking In, I felt lousy and was out-of-sorts. I wasn’t ill. I hadn’t participated in any overly vigorous exercise. I chalked it up to having a few ‘not great’ days. Almost a month later, a reader generously notified me that in the novel's Author Notes, I had a misspelling. Somehow ‘Chilkoot Pass’ had been changed to ‘Chill-out Pass.’
Bridging Fun
In November of 2019, I attended a classical chamber ensemble performed by the Gewandhaus Woodwind Quintet. The evening was co-sponsored by several partners, including the Germanic-American Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wunderbar Together (love this name), a Germany and American friendship organization.