Some contrast, huh?  Friday I went to my craft circle, where I was all artistic and drinking apricot beer (it's good, really!) and listening to strange music.  Here's a picture from last night--it's Mandy, who is something of a beading expert, confering with Larry, our host and a stained glass wizard.  We're all teaching each other about our crafts--it's so fun!

Saturday (today) was a whole different thing.  I went to the mystery writers meeting and listened to a presentation about GUNS!  This is really all very interesting to me as a crime/mystery/suspense writer.  The speaker, Bruce Culver, is really extremely knowledgable.  And while I fall more on the side of gun control and he's more of a right-to-bear-arms proponent, I have to admit his reasoning is quite sound and he did bring up some things I'd never heard before.

Anyway, interesting morning.

I spent the afternoon working on a conference program for "Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats," which is a hideously named Mystery Writers of America Southwest conference.  I haven't done this kind of graphic arts work in many, m any years, and it brought back some memories--some pleasant, some not so much!  But I wish I'd had some of the software I have now, back in the day.  Life would have been much easier.

Take care,

Kara