The Iowans are Coming

Remember the Iowa couple planning to visit our fair (and consistent) town this month? The date has been postponed 'til May 22 & 23 . . . so if you'd like to meet these two authors of children's books -- to tell them what a fine place C'dale is to live . . . or steer them somewhere else, you still can.

Looking for a warm, progressive place to live, they may want to head straight to Austin, Texas, but I'm thinking of arranging a tour of Carbondale for them, including a bicycle ride and a Town Car toodle to Panera Bread for lunch and internet -- with stops to see the other hot spots, and meet cool people. Of course the comely Civic Center building and friendly folks within will be a stop along the way; as well as the SIU campus (of course) and Giant City State Park . . . Perhaps we'll go the whole nine yards, and visit the coveted sliver of land at the western edge of Williamson County described by reporter Nicole Sack in what may be her final article for The Southern on the Carbondale beat. . . . Soon her news will come from Marion, Illinois, and someone new will be reporting on Carbondale meetings etc.

With the students out of town for a couple weeks before Summer School begins, I'm gonna take a few days off from posting to this blog . . . in order to do other things -- like prepare for the coming of the Iowans.