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I'm off tomorrow for a vacation in Southern Utah, hiking around all the beautiful canyons and parks, ending up in Las Vegas, and what's not to like in the Adult Disneyland? We're staying at the Mandarin Oriental, brand new, and guess what? No gambling -- do you think they'll survive? Can you imagine walking through a lobby in Las Vegas without hearing the Ca-Ching of the slot machines?
On April 21st, next Saturday, if you're in the area of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, drive yourself to Independence (what a wonderful name) and come to my writers workshop and stay for my talk and signing at the 1st Presbyterian Church. (115 6th Ave., N.W.)
My workshop is from 1:00 p.m. to 230ish. My talk and signing begins at 3:00 and end at the cocktail hour (wait, we're in a church). This program benefits the Independence Public Library, a very excellent thing. As added incentive, I'm funny plus I've got great legs.
Hard to believe February is gone, simply over never to return. I spent two weeks in Kentucky basically off the planet and out of time, so it passed me right by. I'm back home now, finished doing the editor edit of BACKFIRE (the 16th FBI). So now it's on to the next FBI saga. Unfortunately I can't even remember the half-assed plot I'd started, so it'll be brain rebooting for me.
This new year -- 2012 -- THE year that -- what? I mean, as opposed to 12011, what is going to be different about 2012? You Mayan calendar experts, please tell me exactly what you believe the Mayans said was going to happen. Enlighten me on Facebook, (Facebook.com/CatherineCoulterBooks). Or email me at ReadMoi@gmail.com. If you're really good, your explanation will be SHORT. If I think yours is the best, I'll give you official credit and a book of your choice (one of mine, naturally).
My last newsletter for 2011. I will not remark upon the supersonic passing of the past twelve months --- I mean, is there anything I can do about it now? I can hear all of you saying, move along, CC, tell us something moving, maybe something spiritually uplifting, something about all the Christmas presents you wrapped by the middle of October, how you've got a huge smile on your face, ready for the third Christmas party tonight. Actually tonight, we're the dessert/champagne/Christmas carol house for all our neighbors -- I play the piano and everyone sings, we even have sheet music) We also have homemade boxed cookies for everyone to take home. Everything, house and people and cats, sparkle.
What did I say? Thanksgiving? Now it seems like the day after Halloween, all the stores rev up for Christmas. If you want to find turkey napkins, for example, good luck. So it's now like Thanksgiving is tucked in as an afterthought and simply an excuse for stores to add another whoppo sale. I'm starting to think that every Friday is a Black Friday in November.
Can you believe it's the middle of October? Already? We can all rejoice: we have a beautiful Hunter's Moon, guacamole and chips, books and football. What more could you ask?
Soon the leaves will be splashing color everywhere, the football season will be in full battle, and I can start wrapping Christmas presents. (Lower that eyebrow.)
My husband and I visited Kauai the beginning of the month. As most of you know, about 80% of Kauai is inaccessible, so a helicopter ride is a must. We did the "open door" helicopter, which means you're hanging out there and can almost reach out and touch the Weeping Wall of Waialeala (a HUGE rock wall with a dozen waterfalls running down it set at the end of this gnarly green canyon). Everything is tropical Irish green, except for Waimea Canyon, of course (Grand Canyon Jr.) The only thing about the open door ride is that you have to wear a jacket, you can't wear sandals or earrings, or bring a camera that isn't fastened to your wrist, so that meant the iPhone was grounded. The ride was cool (both meanings), but to be honest here, you step out looking like Phyllis Diller, and while you're wondering how you're going to solve the rat's nest problem, there's this pilot who wants to take your photo -- excuse me? You want to terrify the nation? As for ziplining, it's a complete blast. We did a seven-stop cruise through rain forests, not screaming fast, but you know you're moving.
I hope you guys had a great 4th, with lots of fireworks. Sausalito features surreal fireworks, pretty incredible -- go to my Facebook page to see photos.
This month, for the first time, I've combined my regular monthly newsletter (what you're reading now) with MY BIG HONKING ANNOUNCEMENT. (Wait, keep reading.)
Has anyone ever been to the Outer Banks, North Carolina (Duck, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Orcacoke, Cape Hatteras) for a week? Surrounded by 35 family members? We just got home late this past weekend, and it was a total blast. A different family cooked each night with the result that there was so much food we could have sent a care package to every mother-in-law in the country. No one maimed anyone else, and everyone got sunburned and pruned spending so much time in the pool. We visited all the shops and merchants
I've written umpteen newsletters over the years but I've always posted them only on my web site. It finally occurred to me (duh) that not everyone automatically comes to my web site every single month to see what's going on. (Hard to believe, I know.) So, I'm now going to send out my newsletters to everyone on my mailing list every month. This May newsletter is longer than most since so many things have happened. Plus, the sucker's late -- sorry about that.
