I
went for an interview at Palisade Tribune this morning, and guess what? I now
have a third part time job: tax season Liberty Tax preparer, freelance writer
for Beacon Senior newsletter, and now (possibly, I have to do one story first,
then they will decide if I have the job for sure) a freelance writer for the
Palisade Tribune.
Yeah!
They
want someone to cover and write up the Planning Committee meetings on Monday
nights, and if I come up with feature stories about colorful Palisade, I can
submit those for publication each week. I can do that. Plus, I am thinking up
other ideas to put into the paper.
Immediately
after the hour and half interview, I walked through the newly moved and
remodeled Palisade library. You know how I love books, reading and library
stuff. Their building was lovely, so light and airy and smelled good as well. I’m going to enjoy slipping over there to read and write
about Palisade.
They accept donated books! The main library and Fruita branch do not, so I took in the two volumes of George R.R. Martin’s series The Song of Fire and Ice: Game of Thrones and Clash of Swords.
They accept donated books! The main library and Fruita branch do not, so I took in the two volumes of George R.R. Martin’s series The Song of Fire and Ice: Game of Thrones and Clash of Swords.
I
made sure that they would catalog them and put them out on the shelves. Really,
I gushed and told them the background of the first book that has already been
made into a tv series, which is on DVD now, and the second book episodes start
Sunday night. I don’t have HBO, darn it.
Next
I went looking for where Chalane Coit preaches, but didn’t find her or her
church. BUT, I met Rev. Greg Sharp at the Palisade United Methodist Church. He
didn’t know her where-abouts, but he gave me a story lead—his church will be
celebrating the 115th anniversary, which occurs in April, but they
will save the celebration for May. Cool, huh?
Palisade
needs more senior organizations and activities. I went to the Chamber of
Commerce; they didn’t know of any, but sent me to Parks and Rec. That organization just has “some senior activities” built
into their upcoming summer activities, but not a lot. That gave me an idea.
I
stopped by the Beacon office to talk to Kevin, the publisher/owner. Finally I
met my editor Cloie and the graphic artist who does the great layout and
design. They showed the mock-up of my cover story and the two inside pages
filled with the story of the Titanic survivor whose relatives live here in the
Valley.
Kevin liked my idea. Since I am
going to be at Palisade Tribune every Monday, I want to make it a Beacon beat.
You know, find story leads on the over 50+ adults, and write up their stories
for the Beacon. Once a month—I can do that.
So, I am all excited about this new
adventure. In fact, I am ready to rent or buy a small house off I-70 to stay in
while we rent or sell the McKinley House. I would save on gasoline, and we
would be closer to Vega and the Mesa cabin. I would be happy in a newer,
smaller house while Byron is up on the mountain, or teaching at the college.
I might even look into an old two
story house with necessities on first floor, and use the top floor as storage
or rent them. At least have them for when the eight grandkids come to visit
with their parents.
YEA!!!