Tonight we turned off the TV and drove down to Full Circle Bookstore to hear Hank Stuevers read from his new book Tinsel.
As an avid reader, this was the first time I had been to a reading by an author. I have to tell you though, this was a little different. My wife is friends with this guy. They grew up together and they both wrote for the high school newspaper. Hank is now a feature writer for the Washington Post.
Tinsel is his second book and while I was excited to dive into it immediately, I decided instead to start with Off Ramp, his first book.
Anyway, back to the evening! If you’re not from Oklahoma, you don’t know about the BC Clark Christmas commercial. It’s a very famous commercial here and it defines Christmas in central Oklahoma. Megan Mulally (Will & Grace) even sang it on the Tonight Show one night.
Before Hank did his reading he asked if, when he was done, we would sing the song for him. Below is the video I shot of the performance. That’s my wife leading the pack.
I know, you’re thinking ‘so what?’ Well, if you grew up here, that song would have special meaning for you. It brings back lots of memories for me. To be honest, I could care less about BC Clark Jewelers. I would never buy jewelry from there because they are the Olive Garden of jewelers. I’ll put it this way, when you walk in and look at the salesmen, you see a LOT of pinky rings and chunk-nugget watches and bracelets. It’s not very classy.
Anyway, I thought this would be a nice start to the new Lint Upon Tweed blog. Stay tuned for more stories, fiction, and mayhem!
