Signed, Abiah Rose Blog Tour Winner -- and a Birthday Salute!

I'm happy to announce the winner of a signed copy of my just-released book, Signed, Abiah Rose.  The commenters' names all went into a hat and the name pulled out was......illustrator Carolyn Le!  Thank you so much for visiting and for your lovely comments, Carolyn.

And much appreciation to everyone for contributing to the blog tour -- it was a fun 'trip.'

Today is Flag Day, which for years I celebrated as the birthday of my Siamese cat, Scout, named after the heroine in To Kill a Mockingbird.  My Scout was an extremely excellent cat, and much loved.  She lived to the ripe old age of 20, and is still greatly missed.  I painted her portrait in her heyday.  I'm posting it here in her honor.  Happy Flag Day!