Upkeep notes

I am doing some housekeeping here at this site, so will close down the posts until next month. Keep checking back…

IDNL Visitors Center Presentation Set

I have been working with Jean-Pierre Anderson, ranger in charge of park programs at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, to schedule a presentation this summer. Here is what we have come up with:

Program: Talking Landscapes

Date:  Saturday Aug. 3

Time:  12:00-12:30, presentation; 12:30 – 1:00, book signing

Location: Indiana Dunes Visitor Center

 Author Paula McHugh and Illustrator Harold Neulieb will present a short program focused on their favorite places within the dunes, based on the contents of their book, Talking Landscapes: Indiana Dunes Poems. If you are new to the dunes, you can discover favorite places to visit during your stay. If you are already familiar with the dunes, then come share your own favorite places. After the presentation, McHugh and Neulieb will be on hand to sign their book.

New Twitter Handle

I’ve changed my Twitter name to duneswriter. It was formerly “cyberscribbles,” from my blog of long-running columns in The Beacher. The CyberScribbles blog, along with RazMaTaz, my Arizona blog, are currently inactive. Notice that my avatar has changed as well. The dunes photo, taken by me more than a dozen years ago, appears on the front cover of Talking Landscapes (see photo). My new name at WordPress, not to be confused with the blog name, is IndianaDunesPoet.

Summer 2013 Plans

I have been invited as a guest presenter by the Ogden Dunes Historical Society to put on a program at their Hour Glass Museum. Right now it’s probable that we will do a mini-haiku workshop where every dunes lover present can participate in creating their own haiku or two. Should be lots of fun. Keep the last Saturday in July open for this event!

Talking Landscapes–Indiana Dunes Poems

This is the real cover of the book. The scene is of a winter lake seen from Dunes State Park (just west of the pavillion). I took this photo circa 1996 with my Canon AE-1–a film camera.

More Good News

The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (actually their parent, Eastern National) has ordered a dozen copies of the book for the IDNL Visitors Center in Porter, IN. I am very happy that more people will be able to find my book.

Sold Out Success!

Now that I am back home in AZ I can finally post news about the book signing in Chesterton on September 8.

All my books that I had ordered for the event sold out, and I was happy to see some Horace Mann classmates among those who turned out. Thanks so much for stopping by or emailing comments: Nick, Cheryl, Tom, Carol, Chris, Rojer, Jan, Helen, Charlotte and so many others. If you missed out and want a copy they are available online at Createspace.com and at Amazon.com. The Chesterton Art Center has limited signed copies available as does the The Depot Museum at Beverly Shores.

I’m now back at my keyboard working on my next project.

Horace Mann School (Photo credit: Wikipedia)