Survived the holidays of which I am not and have never been a fan. Watching Band of Brothers (the marathon that seems to be on every month, the same one I watch every time and never get tired of watching), drinking a small glass of zinfandel, snow on the ground outside. Amy and I are leaving for Durango in the morning to stay a week. We are finishing up a couple of books for Wayfinder.

I am reading The Montana Chronicles about Sherlock Holmes' visit to the West in the late 19th Century. Great fiction, nice to pass time during the holidays.

Always fun to see a table full of your books. Or even a table with a corner of your books.

Paparazzi has been in the news lately too. NHAS has a student-run coffeeshop that creates scholarship money for the students. The Business section of the Globe News did a huge article about the students and their biz.

Brenda Bernet of the Amarillo Globe News interviewing Kristian Holland, Janet Nabors and Octavia Chambers for a nice article she wrote about them and the book, Voices from the Heights. The article appeared in the Today section of the Globe News, Dec 6.

My students at North Heights have been in the news (for good things) lately. Barnes and Noble asked them to hold a booksigning (with me signing my So Many Fish book) this past Sat Dec 6th at 11 a . m. Kristian Holland, Janet Nabors, Octavia Chambers and Jonathan Standish were the standout students who sold out all the books B&N had in the store. Channel 7 came out and interviewed them for the 10 p.m. newscast. The book has sold about 1000 copies worldwide and is available on both amazon and barnes and noble websites.

Amazing. This table full of food is what Darrin Murphy and Andy Roller ordered (and ate) at the Cracker Barrel at our weekly Saturday meeting.