The boxes arrived ten years ago today.
It's kind of hard for me to believe,
but it was ten years ago today that I drove out to Negaunee, picked
up Loraine (where she worked at the time) and then went on to
Ishpeming, where we ended up at Globe Printing and picked up the first press run of Loraine's book “Elwood's War”.
It's hard to believe it was a decade
ago.
Since then, the book's been through
three printings, it's made us a load of new friends and
acquaintances, and has been read throughout the world, including at
least three different countries in Europe. It's also opened doors
for us in those countries, mostly famously in both 2013 and again
last spring when we spent the day as the honored guests of the people and city government of
Weissenfels, Germany.
I've written in here many times about
how proud I was of Loraine, and how the book was nothing more than a
labor of love for her, and that still stands. And it's just the same
for her second epic, “Elden's True Army Tales”, Both of those
books were a labor of love, and have had a reach far beyond anything
she ever imagined. She just wanted to document the lives of Elwood
Norr and of Elden Gjers. Little did she realize everything that
would happen because of those books, be it here in Marquette or in
Republic or even in Weissenfels.
She's probably be the first to tell you
it's been a trip and a half. And it's a trip and a half that started
(and this blows both of our minds) ten years ago today!
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