Greetings from DC!

The Smiths arrived in DC on Friday and we've been sprinting through town ever since. In fact, yesterday Scott referred to our trip as "the Washington death march". I guess he thinks we've been doing a lot of walking. Oh well! We have!
It's been great to see so much of Katie and Ryan so here are a few photos. We're heading to Mt Vernon tomorrow.....

Response to Tom

Tom, Mom and I would love to read your book but we don't have a printer. We do have the first 40 pages that you previously sent and if you want to send the balance in printed form we would be happy to read it. As you can imagine, we will think it is good even without reading it.

Any interested readers out there?

OK -- I've got another manuscript that I have finished and will begin sending out in hopes of getting it published. Would any of you be interested in reading it. I promise it is not as long as The Redemption of Chance which was 270,000 words. This one is just a few redundant adjectives shy of 120,000. It is tentatively called The Sombrero Beach Club.

I know we have all read those stories of the beautiful femme fatale who uses some poor sap. But what if she was actually the one being used in someone else's grander game? So begins the tale of Ross Gaines, former minor leaguer and owner of The Sombrero Beach Club and the gorgeous Tyler Scott, newly hired corporate attorney for the Copeland Group, Inc. of Marathon, Florida. As it turns out the Copelands want to buy the club and guess who they decide is to lead their side of the negotiations? Will the burgeoning relationship between Ross and Tyler be able to survive such a turn of events? And what do the Copelands really have planned for the club?

I can e-mail a word document version of this to anyone willing to read it with a discerning eye and edit it accordingly. Let me know if here are any takers.

Thanks -- Tom

Happy Memorial Day!

We have this super patriotic friend Craig who actually found this flag - which was destined for the trash bin - at Macy's a few years ago. It's the flag that used to hang downtown, back when it was cool to love America and be proud.

Last night during his BBQ he pulled it out for the kids to see and of course I had to take several photos.

Blast from the Past....

Thursday Night

Thursday Morning