Day 7 of my Writing Adventure…

It happened! I got a reply a couple of days ago from someone with stories and memories of my Dad!

Surprise…it was my 1st grade teacher, and I couldn’t be more pleased. She left me a long a detailed email, so now I have my first “external” research information item for my novel.

I’m icing an injured knee at the moment, but still working on the newest task on my To Do list – capturing all the old business cards that Dad collected over his life. These rectangular windows into the life of Ron Pittman include; friends from within the Alberta Fish & Game Association, local and provincial business contacts and members of several community and government organizations that he belonged to or worked with, like the Alberta Barley Commission

Good thing I have a handy and useful business card reader app on my iPhone. A quick pic, a short scan and “voila” my list of contacts will have grown by one more important person and their phone number. These are older and passed to Dad long before email addresses became the most important item on the card. The unlimited Canadian long distance calling feature of my Shaw Phone will soon be put to the test.

Well, I’d best get at it…BMW…8-)