I had the day off so decided to pop out to Congress at the U of R.
It was a great day going through the Exhibitors’ Hall catching up with some publishers I knew from my days in that world, meeting some new publishers, talking to authors and so on.
Since I rarely get out to my alma mater, I also took a big tour of campus bumping into everyone from a former library school colleague to someone I know from the political world to a musician I like (I apparently just missed a set he did in the beer garden at noon.)
I also spent some time talking to someone who I know from high school and that got me thinking about a long percolating post I’ve been planning about all the different influences that have led me to where I am today – from some of the values I learned from my parents to who my friends were to (obviously) the role that books played in my life.
(We also discussed an embarrassing story which I won’t bother sharing until I do that post. But let’s just say that the high school friend and another person who knows me from the publishing world suggested that my eventual autobiography be called “Dictionary Races: The Inspiring Tales of a Smalltown Nerd” 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU-yXAXz4DI
“Smalltown Boy” – Bronski Beat