This is what I said yesterday - an extended version, as I trimmed a little bit as I spoke for fear of speaking too long, especially since I could have gone on for hours - at the memorial service of my college professor, adviser, mentor, and friend, Dr. Denis Lape. It seemed much too small for such a great man and one I had known for twenty years, ( Read more... )

Bunches of pictures behind the cut that I took this past Saturday during Alumni Weekend (mainly for my Class of '98 reunion), mostly campus scenery. And some of those were from *ahem* a couple of fire escapes, which I realized that I'd never been up during all my years at Roanoke. At least not when I had a camera handy.

( Roanoke College )

I had the great pleasure yesterday to dine at my favorite restaurant (the Red Palace Chinese Buffet in Roanoke, Virginia) with a plethora of friends, many of whom also happen to be writers:


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For those of you who were hoping to see me at RavenCon, this was the event I missed it for, and one I couldn't miss: the retirement party of my English mentor and adviser at Roanoke College, Dr. Denis Lape. He'd been at Roanoke since 1964 and had all generations of students come out to pay him a visit this Alumni Weekend, including, as I mentioned ( Read more... )

( SALEM, VIRGINIA, PART 2 )

Yesterday, a day full of sun and not too awfully cold when the wind wasn't gusting, I found myself with a couple of hours to kill, so decided to make my first trek out to the little town of Salem, Virginia for the first time in months. Those who know me and/or have been reading this journal for a long time know that the town holds a treasure trove ( Read more... )