Hey, I didn’t write the title … but I’ll take it! — Photo: Billy Hawes
Howdy,
Now you know why I start my posts with Howdy, right?
Mariposa.
I love Mariposa.
Turlock, too, since — for one who hasn’t moved that much — in many ways I feel I have multiple hometowns. But Mariposa is a childhood home, and those are special in a special way. I have parents, a grandmother, and The Property up there. With Yosemite thrown in to boot.
I want to thank the Mariposa Gazette and writer Matt Johnson for a wonderful article about my Baseball Boys novel in last week’s edition of the newspaper.
It’s a fun circle, too, because way-back-when I used to work as a journalist for Dan Tucker, Publisher, at the Gazette; covering sports. Mr. R. D. Tucker even earned a sizable, anecdotal acknowledgment in my book’s “Extra Innings.” I believe it’s a Thank You worth checking out, if you haven’t seen it yet. Thank you, Dan.
Mariposa native hits a home run with publishing of baseball book https://t.co/6leCuw8Hiu
— Mariposa Gazette (@MariposaGazette) September 30, 2016
Behind the scenes stuff pique your interest? You can hear a bit about being interviewed for the article on this week’s podcast episode Front Page News on the TNC Podcast page or directly on SoundCloud.
Also, eagle eyes may have spied in the photograph header that I’m scheduled for a book reading and signing at the Mariposa County Library on Saturday, November 5th at 1:00 p.m. Living in the beautiful foothills or planning to visit the awe of Yosemite that weekend? Come join us!
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Mariposa, family and friends, please come say “Howdy” at the library event next month and get a book signed to take home.
—Billy
Reading — Library books. Writing — Featured in “California’s Oldest Weekly Newspaper of Continuous Publication.” Living — “Above the fog, below the snow,” per John L. Dexter’s words describing Mariposa and always fantastically placed on the front of the Gazette.
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