Good for Iowa!!

Iowa puts $5 million into autism program http://t.co/f9zpgDMnNj
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 20, 2014

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR

I got a note from Joe Blair, author of "By the Iowa Sea".  Joe is putting me behind on my chores because I can't put his book down.

Doug Terpstra@FDTerp       @JoeBlairWriter> Started reading your book today. LOVE IT! You have a new fan from La Crosse, WI. - 04 May Joe Blair @JoeBlairWriter   @FDTerp Doug, that makes my day. Thanks for letting me know. Very gracious of you. Joe

BY THE IOWA SEA

Scanning the shelves at the library, yesterday, the name BLAIR caught my eye.  Where have I heard that name before?

In this case, it was Joe Blair, the author of a memoir, "By the Iowa Sea".  I pulled it off the shelves, read the first couple of pages and was hooked.

How an east coast guy with a motorcycle, a leather jacket and a desire to do nothing but travel ends up, 15 years later, with a wife, four kids, a pipefitters job and living on the banks of the Iowa River during a spring flood has  all the elements of a great story.  There's even a trip to Luther College to fix the air conditioning!

 

And what a writer this Blair guy is! I started researching him and he gets nothing but praise from some of the best book critics in the country.

 

This is a delight to read!