This morning I woke up thinking I knew what the topic of this week’s blog would be. However, after some consideration, I’ve decided there will be a more appropriate time to post that post. It’ll all come out eventually, which brings me to the question: What’s today’s blog topic?
My daughter sends out a daily illustrated Bible verse. Today’s included Norman and Evie’s wedding photo. Why didn’t I include it in last week’s post? Probably because I can’t think of EVERYTHING! So I’m writing this today and including the photo the day AFTER their 90th wedding anniversary.
I need to mention two things about that photo. Number 1: Please note my mother’s bouquet. You’ll see it contains lilies and snap dragons. Why? Because when my mother asked her fiancé what kind of flowers he liked, the only flower he could think of right then was… you guessed it—snap dragons.
And then there’s my dad’s face as a young man. It’s spooky how much my grandson’s face resembles his great grandfather’s—the shape, the smile, the ears, the nose. I like to say Colt is a chip off a really old block.
Forty-plus years ago, when Bill was first faced with a roomful of my relatives who looked as though they’d all come from a rubber stamp, he told me, “Busks are like golden retrievers—they breed true.” That wedding picture proves it!
The other news of the day is this. At 82:2%, Unnamed Joanna Brady #22 finally has a name that has been run up the chain of command in NY and received the stamp of approval. It’s called Before The Trail Goes Cold. Please don’t try to reach out and pre-order it. Amazon doesn’t accept pre-orders more than nine months out, and this book won’t be available until the fall of 2027. In other words and as Evie would say, “Hold your horses.”
Mysteries, mine included, usually end when the bad guy gets caught. What happens after that is generally considered to be nobody else’s business. In Before the Trail Goes Cold, I’m following up on The Girl From Devil’s Lake and finding out who his victims were and how losing them affected the people around them. In other words, I’m discovering “The rest of the story.”
Thank you, Paul Harvey.
What a great photo of your parents. It’s a bit as I pictured them from your descriptions in your books. Right now my brain is trying to recall the imagined faces from your books and the photo. I’m a strange man I guess. LOL
Thank you for another great blog. And now I am going to have a hard time waiting for Fall 2027! By then I may have my second knee replacement healed…or healing.
Love the picture of your parents. Why does your Dad look familiar to me? I know I never met him unless he ever came to Texas.
Maybe by the fall of 2027 I will be able to call Joanna #22 by it’s rightful name.
Blessing to you and Bill.
All morning here in Virginia I’ve been waiting for your blog, the highlight of the week. Now you’re telling me I have to wait a year for your novel. Oy!