Monday, October 13, 2008

at tour's end...

the last night of Neil's book tour was autumn-y, a crisp fall day in the twin cities.
I had been at Lorraine's, she was kindly nursing my evil illness. We made some salsa and guacamole
from items grown in the Garden, and shopped for cheese...

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we drove into St. Paul to meet up with the tour, the night was being sponsored by
the fine people of the Red Balloon bookstore.



a very interesting gentleman Steve brought a femur for Neil to sign, (note the Bernie Wrightson signature, ooooooh)
i wish I had gotten a little more information on this entire-skeleton signing, anyone have details?



after Neil signed (with Dog's full attention on bone), he got a phone call which caused us all to jump and shout, The Graveyard Book hit #1 on the New York Times Children's list. !!! insert exclamation point here !!! i am so proud of you, boss...

photo by Mimi Ko
(photo of me by Mimi Ko)

Lorraine wrangled Dog and he rested in the back while Neil did his reading.

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my aunt Athena and her Jim joined in the evening:

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and finally here are the weary three at the very end of the run, Elyse & Brady bookend Neil.:

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i fly home tomorrow.

next blog: Lady-cation....

11 comments:

spacedlaw said...

Have a safe trip back (and REST).
Great salsa picture (a little intriguing) but I must say I don't go much for the cheese on display.

Dan Guy said...

I'm feeling a little lactose intolerant just LOOKING at all of that cheese.

Kitty Cat said...

Quiche made the salsa and I made the guacamole.
you are very correct, S-law, we didn't get ANY of that cheese on display, i just marvelled at the endless dairy display.
Danth, let's see the long hair, buddy....!

Dan Guy said...

Sorry, I couldn't take it and got a haircut yesterday! I am back to my short, short locks.

It looked something like this, though. ^_^

spacedlaw said...

That is such a lovely hairdo, Dan...
(thanks for the giggles - good thing I wasn't drinking...)

Bill said...

I'm envying the signature femur...

ariandalen said...

Hope you made it home safe and sound. I also hope you don't have a relapse from the smoke in the air at home. :/

Take care of yourself.

And remember, you were at least near Wisconsin, which is the Dairy State. ;)

Anonymous said...

Dog. Joyful sleepy Dog. Nice photo of you, Kitty. Congratulations to the Boss for the new book and it's honors. DanGuy's longer hair is..uh... is. -p

Dragonsally said...

Love the photos - I'm surprised Cabal wasn't stuck to Boss's side, although I guess the excitement wore him out.

Happy Birthday Miss Kitty

FabulousLorraine said...

Not for lack of trying on Cabals part, I will tell you that! He finally gave up and went to sleep. It was all too much, he could HEAR Boss but not find him..

EmilyLady said...

A FEMUR?!

Sorry I haven't been around -- in the hospital and haven't been able to get on the Internet until today! Must go check Neil's Journal.

~Emily