“The RoseBouquet”

The weather was beautiful this past weekend, but I spent most of my time indoors. There was the Harvest Fest, a missions conference from Friday night to all day Saturday and Sunday afternoon. I enjoyed that, however, I did play hooky on Saturday morning and went to help a friend with some computer issues, and then on to my old home town of Hague, to see an old school friend, who was having a book signing.

I recall from when I had my only book signing (Pat has had a number of them already), that there is no guarantee that swarms of people will gather round to buy your book. So I wanted to be sure to show up and buy a copy and chat with her a bit if I could. She was scheduled to be there from 10:30 am to 3 pm.

It was nearly 1 pm by the time I got there, and I was able to stand and visit with her for 45 minutes! We had a great time talking about book promotion and publishing. Her book is about a woman in her church who had a great ministry with a troupe of young people called the God Squad, who put on puppet plays.

Pat had dressed up a little table very nicely and was blowing up and handing out balloons to children when they came near. Otherwise she sat and waited for people to come. It was a pleasure for me, and I think it encouraged her. We live in separate cities, she in Regina, and I in Saskatoon, but we met in our home town where we both graduated together from high school.

I recall that Pat and our friend Esther, and I used to talk about writing poetry and sometimes if we were bold, even dreamed of writing books. It was good to realize we had both realized this goal.

Pat has one advantage over me. She has a husband to support her while she focuses on writing, and she has other books in various stages, besides having some articles published. I still have to get my business ventures to pay off and become a worthy income stream so I can focus on the more intensive writing/publishing career. Which could still happen - if the Lord tarries long enough.