The Kansas Author Dinner was Thursday night. Sponsored by Kappa Kappa Gamma, three authors speak to a group of over 100 people about their books, writing, or other pertinent subjects. This year our delightful authors included Tom Averill, Dian Regan, and Clare Vanderpool.
I couldn't wait to meet Tom for many reasons, but especially because he and his wife, Jeffrey, own a cabin on Grass Mountain . . . which isn't far from our cabin. So we already had a lot to talk about.
Not long after arriving, people began to introduce themselves to Tom . . . a former schoolmate, a former associate. In the meantime, Jeffrey saw the twin brother of her children's pediatrician . . . and someone she had dated while in college. Turns out, Jeffrey was a Kappa for a time at KU. Then she introduced me to a woman I had met at KSU and who knew a number of friends of mine. It seemed as if that night, no matter where I turned, a new connection was being made.
Perhaps it is a function of age, but it seemed as if more people from our early years were woven back into our lives; and we began new ones.
Don and I can't wait to begin weaving the new connection we have made with the Averills. It will be fun and exciting!
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