I’m back home now, finally, from a two-week whirlwind tour of Chicagoland. Of course, it’s always good to be back home to my pups and my pictures, but I have to admit I miss all my new friends as well.

It started out as usual; accepting a request from the wonderful Barb Huff to do a library talk at The Farmington Public Library, in what is called the Four Corners region. “Four Corners” refers to the meeting of four states: Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. While that is a truly amazing thing all by itself, I am told a person can actually get down on all fours and literally put each hand and each foot in a different state; that is beyond cool.

I recently visited school in New Mexico and did my usual presentation, meaning I wing it. Generally I'm not too sure what I'm going to say until it literally leaps out of my mouth but in this particular case, I opened with a surprisingly unexpected mention of a rash I felt developing on my arm in anticipation of going onstage.