Howard Days 2017 in Cross Plains
Jul 6, 2017 8:32:55 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Jul 6, 2017 8:32:55 GMT -5
Long-time REH fan/publisher, Dennis McHaney, has this story about Howard Days 2017:
So, on Sunday, June 11th, REHupan Tom Foster walked into the continental breakfast at a cheap motel in some little po-dunk Arkansas town, and a guy wearing a Howard Days t- shirt was at the coffee machine. Tom struck up a conversation with the guy, and he was returning from his first Howard Days. Besides buying a half dozen t shirts in the gift shop, the guy had also bought a copy of nearly everything in the Howard house, most of the Foundation books, and a pile of silent auction items. He remembered meeting Era Lee Hanks and Rusty Burke, among others. He was bubbling over with excitement, according to Tom.
I remember my first Howard Days. I didn't have the drooling enthusiasm some people have - I already knew a bunch of those people in attendance and I already owned all the books in the place, but there is still that "sense of wonder" feeling that first trip gives you. It is like being a kid and going to a giant toy store for the first time, or a college kid going to a strip club for the first time. All those goodies and never enough $1 bills, unless you took more money than you should be spending.
So, on Sunday, June 11th, REHupan Tom Foster walked into the continental breakfast at a cheap motel in some little po-dunk Arkansas town, and a guy wearing a Howard Days t- shirt was at the coffee machine. Tom struck up a conversation with the guy, and he was returning from his first Howard Days. Besides buying a half dozen t shirts in the gift shop, the guy had also bought a copy of nearly everything in the Howard house, most of the Foundation books, and a pile of silent auction items. He remembered meeting Era Lee Hanks and Rusty Burke, among others. He was bubbling over with excitement, according to Tom.
I remember my first Howard Days. I didn't have the drooling enthusiasm some people have - I already knew a bunch of those people in attendance and I already owned all the books in the place, but there is still that "sense of wonder" feeling that first trip gives you. It is like being a kid and going to a giant toy store for the first time, or a college kid going to a strip club for the first time. All those goodies and never enough $1 bills, unless you took more money than you should be spending.
