Tomorrow evening (Wed.) I will be doing my presentation on ‘Backyard History’ for the Lee’s Hill ’55 Club at their Lee’s Hill South Community Center. As this is a private affair and I never use the same talk more than once (I prefer to customize each one for each group), I will be sure to post transcripts, as well as thumbnails of my slides over on my website on Thursday. This will be the first time that I leave the house since returning from the hospital two weeks ago and I am extremely excited. In fact, it’s the first thing I’ve done in five weeks. The audience will be about 80 people and I can't wait to share some local history with this prestigious group.

UPDATE 3/19: Things could not have gone better at my talk tonight. I spoke for about an hour and there were approx. 70 people in attendance. I had a great time and was surprised somewhat to get a lot of baseball questions too after my formal Q&A. (Eric our book concept appears to be a hit as many of those in the audience had read about it on this blog.) The food was great, the people very attentive, and I made some new friends for sure. Most of them promised to attend my next presentation and book signing. I will post the complete transcripts with slide pics over on my website on Thursday and provide a link here. I am exhausted and a bit sore, but it was well worth it. It was nice to get out of the house and go somewhere other than a hospital for a change. Plus... I must admit it was quite a thrill to see my name in big letters up on the lighted marquee. Very cool indeed.

BTW: Here is a link to a promo page for the baseball book: You Stink!