Tag Archives: Mapping Fairhope

Spring Events have Sprung

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Here’s what’s happening in my reading and writing world now that March is about to roll in. If I did this correctly, you should be able to save the event image and share it on social media to help me get the word out. All books are for locally at Page and Palette.

So honored and excited to be a part of Alabama Authors day at Five Rivers in Spanish Fort.

I’ll be reviewing Gabriel Zevin’s book Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow on Tuesday, March 5, at 10:30 AM at the Fairhope Public Library.

My friend and Alabama Authors Day Organizer Mike Bunn is going to be our speaker at the March 7 Fairhope Single Tax Lecture Series (poster below). It begins at 6 PM at the Fairhope Public Library and I look forward to seeing you. Mike is the director of Blakeley and is a fine writer, especially his latest book, Fourteenth Colony.

We’ve got a Pensters Writing Group meeting in March too. I’m interviewing my friend and fellow Penster Lovelace Cook. I’m reading Meet Me in Mumbai now and have already lined up a few questions for her.

Yes, Gabe Gold-Vukson and I are closing out the lecture series in April this year talking about our Fairhope book.

Thanks for reading and sharing!

Taste of LA and Best of Baldwin 2024

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So excited to be part of the food, fun, and family tomorrow at the Fairhope Piggly Wiggly. I’ll have my books, Fairhope Past and Present, Stump the Librarian, Clay City Tile, and Mapping Fairhope for sale. My Fairhope Past & Present co-author Gabe Gold-Vukson is joining me after he gets out of work. Stop by and say hi!

On Monday, I went in to the Fairhope Public Library to return and renew some books and ran into my former co-worker, Kris. We were getting caught about a committee we are both on. As we parted ways she said, “don’t forget to vote.” I looked at her puzzlingly. “You are a finalist for Best Local Author in the Best of Baldwin.” What? Sure enough! Someone nominated me and now I’m one of five finalists in Gulf Coast Media’s Best of Baldwin 2024. Follow this link or scan the QR code below and vote for me. Thanks for voting! While you’re there, vote for people and places (Fairhope Public Library) in other categories including my friend, fellow blogger, and local artist Judy Hanks Pimperl.

My Fairhope Living Articles are now in a Book!

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Mapping Fairhope: Legends, Locals, and Landmarks, is now on sale. Mapping Fairhope is a collection of my Fairhope Living magazine articles that you can purchase locally and online. I’ve teamed up with some local nonprofits who will benefit from the sale of my book.

The book launch/fundraising event for the Fairhope Public Library is Sunday, November 6, at 2 PM. All the proceeds from the sale of each book, which costs $20.00, will be donated to the Friends of the Fairhope Public Library. Can’t make it to the event? That’s okay, the book will be for sale in the Friends bookstore with all proceeds benefiting the Friends nonprofit.

Mapping Fairhope is also for sale locally at Page and Palette. I will be signing books there on Friday, November 11, from 3-5 pm. Or stop by Page and Palette for the Holiday Open House the afternoon of Sunday, November 20. 

Other local retailers, including Tom Jones Pottery in Clay City, will have the book for sale soon.

Not in Fairhope? I got you blueprinted…I mean covered. Purchase the book online.

November already booked?

Mark your calendar for the second fund-raising event at the Eastern Shore Art Center on Saturday December 3, at 1 PM. This will be a panel discussion titled, “Mapping Fairhope: The Intersections of Fairhope Art and History.”

Finally, I will be raising funds during an event at the Fairhope Museum of History on Saturday December 10 at 1 PM to benefit the Friends of the Museum.

Books will be sold in the gift shop in the art center and museum after each event, with all proceeds benefiting the respective nonprofits. 

I look forward to seeing you at one of these upcoming book events!