Fragments From Floyd

Well, let's see. Finally, after a long, house-bound winter there is something to do come end of March. Take a look at the lineup for the Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, March 24-28. They did not consult me when setting up this date range, and I am miffed. Miffed, I tell you.

Sis-in-law #1 arrives from MO on the 23rd. Anns B-day is the 24th. I have an inservice all day in Roanoke on the 25th. Sis-in-law #2 arrives from GA on the 26th for Ann's bday party at the Winery. And sometime during all that, I'll have to slip up to C'ville and spend at least 48 hours rubbing shoulders (well, looking from a distance at the shoulders) of famous authors. Check this out. This is just the non-fiction participants.

Here's one (of many) that caught my eye. Hmmm. That name sounds familiar. Of course! She's had essays on "my" public radio station! And whaddaya know: she's putting together a book from her essays! Say! Why didn't I think of that!

Janis Jaquith is the author of Birdseed Cookies: A Fractured Memoir, a collection of radio commentaries she has broadcast nationally on PRI's "Marketplace" and locally on NPR-station WVTF in Roanoke. She's a columnist for the Daily Progress.