Class of '54 Reunion, Oroville

Jim's class reunion was held in Oroville May 7-10. We took the motorhome up and camped next to friends Larry and Linda Bannon, former classmates of Jim's, who now live in Oroville, CA. Didn't get much sleep but had a good time socializing.

Barb and Monte Drummond held a get-together at their beautiful home on the lake Friday evening. Everyone enjoyed the chance to visit with friends and reminisce about the "good old days."

John Stillwell, class of '54 and professional entertainer, sang and played for us during the Friday night get-together at the Drummonds. Everyone enjoyed the chance to request some favorites.

The May Day parade on Saturday was fun, and we were blessed with warm, sunny weather. Monte, class of '54, and Barb Drummond were Grand Marshals for the parade.

Saturday evening a delicious catered dinner was held at the Depot, and once again the conversation flowed. I enjoyed meeting many of Jim's friends that I hadn't met before and getting reacquainted with those I had.
I especially enjoyed the chance to spend time with the Forneys. Jim & Keith have been friends forever, and I met Keith & Marie my first year of teaching at Snohomish High School. We've all been good friends ever since. As often happens, we don't get together as much as we'd like but have promised to do better from now on.

Several folks met for breakfast Sunday morning and then most everyone headed home. Another reunion is on the calendar for May Day, 2014. We're looking forward to it.

NOWA Conference

Jim and I attended the Northwest Outdoor Writers annual conference in Lewiston, ID, April 30 through May 3. The conferences are always fun, the food good, and the seminars interesting. We especially enjoy getting together with friends that we sometimes see only once a year during conference time.

Gary Lewis, right, presents Jim with an award for excellence in craft. Jim's article,

"Advocates without Passion" took first place in the Managing Our World category. Jim also took third place in the Humor category.

Judy visits with G.I. Wilson just before a delicious dinner held at the Lewis Clark Discovery Center at Hells Gate State Park.

Web Site

The Clear Writing Leads website is now online and the links should all be linking. It's been a challenging experience getting it set up and launched. I'm now on my way to a Seattle Mariner's ballgame with Novelyn which sounds like a whole lot more fun than finessing a web site.

Clear Writing Leads Website

Our website for Clear Writing Leads . . . is under construction. I'll let you know when the link links.

Why the Blog?

Jim and I are each setting up blogs to let our friends and customers know what's happening in the Pearson household as well as at Clear Writing Leads.
Jim was recently elected president of Sun Valley Shooting Park and somehow by default I became secretary. To keep members updated we started a SVSP blog.
Because that one worked so well, we decided to start personal/business ones, thus the birth of Hither and Yon and Jim's Plinking, Plunking and Perusing.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.

Website, Clear Writing Leads

I've been on a steep, never-ending technological learning curve for the past few years, and it's looking as though the end is not in sight. The latest hair-pulling project, which is a work in progress, is setting up a website for our home business, Clear Writing Leads. Incidentally, if you're reading this before the web site is launched and if you click the link to CWL, we're obviously not there yet. Will let you know when the link is actually working.
Just prior to developing the website, I learned more than I really wanted to know about gif's, ps's, pdf's, job options files, dpi's, eps's, etc. as I edited and prepared Jim's first novel, Cliff's Journals, for printing. The book is now at the printers, and we're waiting for proofs to see how much more editing needs to be done. At any rate, we're going to market his book, along with mine, online . . . thus the reason for the website.
It's hard to believe, but I'm starting to have fond memories of the days when we put newsletters together using the old cut-and-paste method. And the direct-mail marketing process we used for my Friday Fun book is looking better and better all the time. Such is life in the e-commerce fast lane.