Please join us for the Pensters Writing Group meeting this Saturday, featuring Mike Turner. Guests are welcome. 

Also, a few updates on my book events. I’ll be signing books with Gabe at Page & Palette this Sunday, November 19. It’s the annual Downtown Business Holiday Open House. Come by and get a book or say hi.

You only have another week to vote for me Gulf Coast Media’s Best of Baldwin. I’ve been nominated for Best Local Author, so sign in and vote for me.

I’m proud to be a first-generation college student. Coastal Alabama recently featured me and many other first-generation students, faculty, and staff. My story starts around the one minute mark. The video was recorded and edited by students right here on the Fairhope campus. 

Gabriel and l will be speaking at Fairhope Sunset Rotary on November 30 at the Fairhope Yacht Club at 6:30. I serve as secretary for FSR so if you are interested in joining us please let me know. 

Spotlight on Susan! We are going to the Governor’s Mansion in December. Susan will be honored along with other Class of 2022 National Board-Certified Teachers in Alabama. There is a reception and photo op with Governor Kay Ivey. The mansion is decorated for the holidays and there’s light refreshments. Pinkie’s up! Cheers to my brainy and beloved bride!

I’ll be at the James P. Nix Senior Center on Tuesday December 12 at 11 AM. I’ll be talking about the new book and a little about my history with photography.

Fairhope by Foot tours started out as walking tours, and that’s still my bread and butter, and I love leading them. The most recent was for a student trying earn a Congressional Youth Medal. In addition to walking, I’ve led Fairhope tours hoping on and off golf carts, from a bicycle, but here’s the next big leap. I’m hoping on a motor coach! Not sure how this is going to work yet. These things don’t corner well so we may just park in the turn lane like the delivery trucks. The people on the bus with me are going to see Fairhope up close, but through the tinted looking glass.

Thanks for reading, watching, and listening!