Yours truly at the Scottsboro, AL BOOK FAIR, held earlier today (4-23-11) at the local library.  I was able flog 8 books to the curious attendees.  Fourteen local authors displayed their work to a curious public.  And a good time was had by all.  This photo was taken by a nice lady who writes children's books.

Bill Young, formerly of Chiang-Mai, Thailand and Laos.  R.I.P. 3-6-2011.

Spring has indeed sprung in Northeast Alabama.  Possible tornado warnings in the next two days.  Yep, Spring alright.

Happy Mardi Gras

MARDI GRAS!!

What fun, what joy – who am I, where I be?  The joy of Carnival, as illustrated in the New Orleans Times/Picayune newspaper.

SPRING: NOT QUITE SPRUNG

In NorthEast Alabama life may fall into one of three categories:
Town/City Life:  Lots of cars, restaurants, WalMart.
County Life: You can see the houses of your neighbors but cannot hit them with a thrown rock.
Country Life:  You cannot see your neighbor's house.  You can see little but fields/woods and probably own a tractor.  In Spring/Summer you can see even less because of the leaves, flowers and chipmunks.

We live in the county and can see our neighbors' houses.  Usually.

Russian Olympic Mascot.

I'm with he Russians, I think it's cute.

Mardi Gras starts.  Yuk.