INDIANA, GEORGIA & MAVIS

Well OK: I only managed nine days' silence. Have to blog today to say that yesterday was very special (for me and mine, that is). It saw the arrival of my first granddaughter, Indiana, a daughter to Gabriel and to Cath Woodhall, in Shrewsbury Hospital. They're all doing well; no photos yet. I shall be seeing them later this month.

And as it happened, an hour before Indiana arrived in the world, Sarah and I acquired a new dog. Digby died in February and we finally felt ready. We got her from the not very nice dog-rescue centre outside Auch, where she'd been for four months after being found abandoned near Toulouse. Their vet thinks she's four years old. She's a wire-coated pointing griffon, mostly black and brown, and her new name is Mavis. Photos already, of course.

As for Georgia (USA) and New York, the following talks of mine are now confirmed for October:

THURS OCT 8, 11am:
SEARCHING FOR WILLIE McTELL: A British Writer in Georgia

Ward Hall Great Room, Farmingdale State College, 2350 Broadhollow Road

Farmingdale, Long Island, NY 11735-1021

Tel: (631) 420-2050

Admission free but spaces limited

FRI OCT 9, 6.30pm:

SEARCHING FOR WILLIE McTELL: A British Writer in Georgia

Decatur CD, 356 W Ponce De Leon Ave, Decatur, GA 30030-2439

Tel: (404) 371-9090

Admission free but spaces limited

WED OCT 14, 7pm:

SEARCHING FOR WILLIE McTELL: A British Writer in Georgia

Central Library, One Margaret Mitchell Square, Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: (404) 730.1898

Admission free but spaces limited

THUR OCT 15, 7pm:

SEARCHING FOR WILLIE McTELL: A British Writer in Georgia

The Douglass Theatre, 355 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Macon GA 31201

Tel: (478) 742-2000

Tickets $15 ($12 students & seniors)

TUES OCT 20, 7pm:

SEARCHING FOR WILLIE McTELL: A British Writer in Georgia

The McDuffie Museum, 121 Main St., Thomson, GA 30824

Tel: (706) 595-9923

Admission free but spaces limited

THUR OCT 22, 7pm:

BOB DYLAN & THE POETRY OF THE BLUES With Michael Gray

Georgia Southern University, 1400 Southern Drive, Statesboro GA 30460-8074
Tel: (912) 478-5115 / 478-5027
Admission free but spaces limited

FRI OCT 23, 7pm:

SEARCHING FOR WILLIE McTELL: A British Writer in Georgia

The Averitt Center for the Arts, 33 East Main Street, Statesboro GA 30458
Tel: 912-212-2787
Tickets $18