Every year when April comes around I am reminded of Corporal Klinger on M*A*S*H, standing in reveille line dressed in fatigues and a flouncy sunhat. “What’s with the hat,” asks Col. Potter, and Klinger replies in his best soldier half-shout, “It’s spring, Sir!”
Spring indeed. While the rest of the U.S. is enduring snowstorms, floods, tornadoes, hail, and all other manner of weather-related hideousness, We’re having bright, sunny days. No rain of course, but this year an unusual number of clouds and wind. Puts me in mind of the years we lived in the Texas panhandle. The only trouble with spring in the Phoenix area is the first 100º F day is looming, and it is predicted to strike for the first time in 2025 at the end of next week. It’ll be 100s off and on throughout the rest of April and May, if we’re lucky. But June will come and the only question will be “how hot will it be today.” So I’m enjoying my sunny 77º Saturday while I can.
My Tell Me Your Story Guest is an author you don’t want to miss – the witty Alan Gordon, writing as Allison Montclair. As Allison, she writes the Sparks and Bainbridge series, about two women in post-WWII who run a marriage agency. Under her real name, Alan, s/he has written more mystery novels and a damn good werewolf book, as well as short stories in many genres. Alan/Allison is also an award-winning librettist and lyricist with several musicals to her credit. S/he currently lives in New York City, where s/he also practiced as a criminal defense attorney. Now, that’s a well-rounded individual!
Allison’s guest blog will be published right here on April 20 and run through the end of the month.
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