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At the Ned Smith Event
Last week Donna Rai and I traveled to Halifax, PA (north
of Harrisburg), to attend the annual Ned Smith Outdoor
Art and Nature Show. I was scheduled as an event speaker
and also had a booth reserved to sell my books. D-Rai
and I stayed at a Bed & Breakfast far out into the
countryside Friday night with good old hosts Hank and
Doris Gissing and later enjoyed drinks and conversation
with them and their friends at the local “hotel” they
also own.
Early Saturday morning we drove to Ned Smith Park along
the banks of the broad and stately island-studded
Susquehanna River and set up our table and canopy under
the tall white pines and red oak trees. The event was
well-attended for a recession year, and we talked to a
lot of people but mysteriously failed to sell a single
copy of “The F-Troop Camp Chronicles” or “Trucks Are
Better Than Women” all morning. At noon I gave my talk
on “Women in the Outdoors” with major help from D-Rai
before and during the speech, and then we returned to
the book booth for the afternoon.
D-Rai then tried a new strategy. She sent me off on
errands while she used her charm and personality to sell
books alone. It worked! She sold several copies of both
books, and when I returned from my errands, even I
started selling successfully. We finished the day with a
good number of book sales and good lively memories of a
mid-state adventure in Pennsylvania.
Good luck out there. And have a great week outdoors.
~ Don Feigert, 7-28-09
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