Save the Date—November 12, 2011

MEET THE ARTISTS…..

House of Norwich – Artist/Potter

Richard Eastman, Barry Conner, Vickie Neal

Inshore Sculpture – Jimmy Phillips

Photographic Artist – Tim Miller

Artist—Angela Worthington

Artist—Hana Case

Book Signing- Ruth Burke & Don Holbrook , authors – Images Of America Seabrook

Book Signing-Sue Mayfield Geiger, author- Gibbons Street

These talented local artists will be at the Butler Longhorn Museum

on November 12, 2011 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

Come to the museum to meet them and explore their creative endeavors.

Included for your Evening Pleasure

Entertainer – Mickey Hobbs

Annette’s Emporium     Harborside Jewelry – Don Fullen

Lux Candles – by Dana Lares     Nana’s Attic – Coffee Blends

Victorian Lady-J’Nean Hendersen and Kim Sesher presenting Living History & Fashions of the Victorian Lady

1220 Coryell League City, TX 281-332-1393

www.ButlerLonghornMuseum.com The Butler Longhorn Museum is a 501c3

The book signing of “Gibbons Street” by Sue Mayfield Geiger and Lisette Templin drew a nice crowd last Saturday, Oct. 8, at the River Oaks Book Store in Houston. The River Oaks Book Store is privately owned and has been a haven for book lovers and writers for decades. Tucked away in a small strip center on Westheimer across from Lamar High School, it is full of literary treasures.

Next book signing: Nov. 12, 6:30 p.m. at the Butler Longhorn Museum in League City, TX.

To order the book, please go to GIBBONS STREET

Special thanks to YourTownTV.com for the great video

Update August 28, 2011:

I saw Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers last night at The Grand in Galveston. OMG! OMG! OMG! Words cannot express how good they were. That fiddle player (he looked all of 25) blew me away. Hope all of you get to see them if they come your way. Dynamite! Martin was great – funny – so musical – a very versatile guy indeed.  But the band – such talent. Glad to see bluegrass getting such notoriety.

Please check out my interview with Steve Martin in the August issue of Coast Magazine, page 36.

Raise a Hand: Please visit the “Charitable Projects”  and “Silent Angel”links to learn more about Rett Syndrome and “Raising a Hand for Rett” which will include photos and stories of some amazing celebrities supporting this cause. Pictured below: Clint Black and me at a previous fundraiser for Rett. Also, Kevin Black, Clint’s brother (green shirt). They look amazingly alike!

Clint Black

Kevin Black

Welcome!

My website has just been revised—thanks for stopping by to take a look.

My former website was OK, but it needed help, so I turned to the whiz kid, Suzanne Burton. I showed her an art website that I had fallen in love with and ask if she could recreate it. Well, maybe, she replied, but it may look a tad different. Actually, it turned out better.

I wanted color and I wanted photos – lots of them. We writers tend to show our words, but don’t do much in the way of “showing” what we’ve written. I also wanted everything in PDF format because it has a cleaner look and projects a more professional presentation.

Designing the website took a few months because I had to cull through the hundreds of articles I’ve written over the years and decide which ones to include, both from the former website and articles that were just collecting dust. As you will see when you read my “About” link, I’ve written for many publications during my writing career, not to mention the unpublished pontifications.

This was a painstaking task, but Suzanne and I had fun doing it. It is still a work in progress and will change from time to time, so feel free to drop by occasionally.

Also, be sure and check out my other website which has information about my new book, “Gibbons Street” (www.gibbonsstreet.com), a collection of prose and verse with a nostalgic flair.

Bragging rights: Below is a photo of Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat Pray Love,” and me. I interviewed her via phone for Coast magazine and got a chance to meet her when she attended the Galveston Chamber Women’s Conference in March 2011. A real sweetheart who truly oozes sincerity.

Biggest highlight of the year thus far: Meeting Shirley MacLaine! You can read that article by clicking on her photo.