Signing the Dictionary

This past Thursday (6/16) I had the pleasure and slight terror of a book signing for my poetry collection Tender Mercies at Village Books in Columbia, Missouri.  Becky and Doug, the co-owners, asked me immediately after I told them I'd put together and decided to release a poetry collection not if, but WHEN I would be free to do a book signing.  This for a self-published poetry collection, Friends.  These are special people, Becky & Doug.

Before anyone else arrived, my wife (who I dedicated...