Stephen Lawrence Brayton's Blog – August 2015 Archive (3)

So, I'm sitting around this morning wondering what to post for this week's blog. Then the doorbell rings and when I open the door a gentleman with a book is standing there.

"Mind if I take over your blog today?" he asks.

I look at him skeptically. I mean, I don't just let anybody waltz in and post whatever they please.

"What's in it for me?" I shoot right back. 

He shrugs. "Well, you don't have to write anything today. I…

This morning, I pick this week's featured author who gives me simple instructions. "Interview me while we're enjoying a campfire." 

So, I set the controls for a place I haven't visited in many years, Lake Keomah, a few miles from Oskaloosa, Iowa. I used to go out there on summer (and sometimes winter) nights, build a campfire, listen to an audio book, and enjoy being…

Near the middle of August, the weather turns hot. So, I'm particularly thankful to this week's featured author that he wants to have our interview while walking on some Colorado mountain trails. Cool air, scenery and green and rocks and maybe we'll catch site of some wildlife...as long as it's not a cougar. Or a bear. Or a wolf. Or a rattle snake. In fact, let's not encounter any wildlife and just…