{"id":485,"date":"2014-02-12T19:41:05","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T03:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2014-02-12T19:41:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T03:41:34","slug":"moving-target-ali-reynolds-9-february-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jajance.com\/Blog\/2014\/02\/12\/moving-target-ali-reynolds-9-february-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving Target – Ali Reynolds #9, February 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Catalinas<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m writing this combination newsletter and blog from our patio in Tucson. \u00a0It’s a bright, sunny Sunday morning. \u00a0I’m barefoot–my sandals are still inside. \u00a0There are wintered over geraniums and snapdragons and even a single stray petunia blooming in the pots that line the patio. \u00a0They’re the tough ones that made it through the last freeze. \u00a0They’re being visited by a few equally tough-guy butterflies and even a single buzzing hummingbird. \u00a0\u00a0We’ve trimmed back a tree that was blocking our view of the Catalinas, so we have a direct sight line from where I’m sitting to the mountains. \u00a0For breakfast this morning we had grapefruit from our side yard. \u00a0As for what’s going on back home in Seattle? \u00a0Guess. \u00a0Three and a half inches of snow at our house! \u00a0For those of you who have lived in the two thirds of the country stuck in this winter’s deep freeze, I’m sure three inches sounds laughable, but this year we really ARE snowbirds. \u00a0Maybe you should consider being snowbirds, too.<\/p>\n

GO SEAHAWKS!<\/h2>\n

And about those Seahawks! \u00a0Here in Tucson, news about the Seahawks was thin on the ground. \u00a0We watched the game and cheered. \u00a0(Bella was startled the first time or two, but by the end of the game she barely gave a “So what?” twitch.) \u00a0With the celebratory parade coming, Bill managed to connect his iPad to his Apple TV and live stream the coverage from KCPQ Fox Channel 13 in Seattle. \u00a0Watching the whole parade day celebration made us proud of all those people, including our daughter and grandson, who braved the cold for hours on end to cheer those hometown guys made good. \u00a0That wasn’t covered here in Tucson, either. \u00a0Why not? \u00a0No riots. \u00a0No broken windows. \u00a0No shoot outs, just happy adoring fans. \u00a0And when the parade was over, no fist fights broke out in the resulting traffic jams and very little garbage was left on the streets. \u00a0With all that good news? \u00a0No wonder nobody covered it.<\/p>\n

So here’s my salute to the team, all of them, including those several hundred thousand Twelfth Man folks. \u00a0I was glad when we won the game. \u00a0I was even more proud of the way Seattle celebrated their Super Bowl victory. \u00a0I may be dating myself but, as we used to say, back in the day, “Right on!”<\/p>\n

MOVING TARGET…<\/h2>\n
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Moving Target, Ali #9<\/p><\/div>\n

Okay, now for the other stuff. \u00a0I was shocked this morning when I looked at the calendar and saw February 9. \u00a0That means the tour for Moving Target, Ali # 9, starts in ten days! \u00a0So here are all the usual components and caveats of this announcement. \u00a0The tour schedule is posted on the website, and I’ve already had complaints from Texas, Michigan, California, and Oregon that I’m not going there. \u00a0Please, folks. \u00a0There is only one of me. \u00a0I do my best, but I can’t go everywhere every time.<\/p>\n

And that’s the whole point of my bookmarks. \u00a0Those CAN go everywhere–even Wales and Australia. \u00a0(Hello, David, and G’day to Bill and Vicki!) \u00a0If you would like an autographed and personalized book mark, please send your SASE \u00a0(Business-sized envelopes, please. \u00a0The bookmarks don’t fit in left over Christmas card envelopes. \u00a0Don’t ask me how I know!) to my Seattle area address, P.O. Box 766, Bellevue, Wa 98009. \u00a0Mail from there is forwarded to me. \u00a0Given timing issues, I may not get the bookmarks sent back in a timely fashion, so please be patient. \u00a0Last year I wasn’t able to send them out until AFTER the tour, although there was one request–one from Spokane–that never reached me at all. \u00a0When that reader contacted me by e-mail months later, we got it sorted eventually.<\/p>\n

If you come to a book signing, please remember that bookstores sell BOOKS. \u00a0If you come to an event, you should come prepared to buy a book. Bookstores are a bit chary about people who showing up at events with pre-purchased books and then buying nothing from the hosting store. \u00a0(If you don’t buy one of my books at the signing, buy someone else’s.) \u00a0However, my corporate policy continues to be–leave no book unsigned. \u00a0So for those of you who show up with literally BAGS of books to be signed–and this does happen–please stay seated and wait until the end of the line. \u00a0If the schedule between that event and the next one isn’t too close and time permits, I will sign all of them.<\/p>\n

And here’s one more hint about the tour. \u00a0I am a woman of a certain age. \u00a0Traveling the country is hard work. \u00a0However concerned you may be about my wellbeing, please do NOT come up to me at a signing and tell me how tired I look. \u00a0I promise you, I WILL be tired, and I will have earned the right to look it.<\/p>\n

Keep smiling.<\/p>\n

JAJ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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