ELMER KELTON-Best Western Writer of all Time.

Well bloggers, I've been having some trouble loading my photos...so a few more should be added later...when I can get it to workee.

The banquet last night was nice.
The food was good: steak, shrimp, mashed potatoes, broccoli, carrots, salad, cheesecake.
The singer (Terra) wasn't quite as strong as last time that I saw her....but still quite the talent.
Elmer Kelton, the speaker was funny and interesting and talked about how important it is to keep our history alive.
The presentations were boring...but Debbie Thomas, the director of the museum won an award. She should...she does absolutely EVERYTHING for this town.
I was glad I went.
There was about 300 people there.

Today from 10 to noon was the Elmer Kelton book signing at the museum. I took four of my boss Peggy's books over there for him to sign. (she couldn't be there). I took one and bought three more. I got:
The Good Old Boys
The time It Never Rained
Sandhills Boy
I had a durn library for him to sign.
I sat at the front door with Debbie's mom Bessie...we were the greeters.
There were alot of folks...so glad it was well attended...ya never know in Pecos.
We ALMOST ran out of books. The museum workers had gathered some extry books from Alpine and other places at the last minute. And while some folks brought their books...most people bought books at the museum bookstore....so it's a GOOD thing they got more...it would've been pretty bad if we had a signing and there wasn't anything to sign!
There were alot of oldsters and it was fun to watch them and listen to them yakking with their friends.
It was a who's who of pecos.
The clothes are always a hoot...even the walking sticks are worth a gander. This one lady had on a green suede jacket with long fringe all over it...she was shimmyin' all over the place and carried off her outfit pretty well.

UPDATE: Got the pictures on finally:
1. Neal Thomas directing some museum lookers.
2. saloon bar carving.
3. museum backdoor.
4. wierd dress form thingies.
5. venetta seals, elmer kelton, anni kelton, debbie thomas.
6. it's little penny! in the museum bookstore. check out her belt buckle.
7. elmer and anni kelton.

I heard yesterday that no locals are growing cantaloupes this year. The market isn't paying well and the water is just too expensive. We'll have to get them from Coyanosa...about 35 miles away.

Huh...I started reading SANDHILLS BOY last night...it's elmer kelton's autobiography. He says that NOBODY carried a canteen on their saddle..it wasn't "cowboy". That's dumb. His daddy would say: "Now you boys 'water up' good this morning. You won't get any water until noon."
His Daddy lived thru the depression so was really tight with money. "He could squeeze a nickel until the indian rode the buffalo."

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