Archive for 2. June 2010

Didn’t wear out our blue suede shoes …

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Over spring break, I joined two friends and we drove down to Tupelo, Mississippi–the birth place of Elvis Presley–in the longest-motorhome-on-earth. What a trip! The house is really small. Such humble beginnings. The other photo is of me sitting in the booth where as a teenager Elvis sometimes sat at Johnny’s Diner.

Coming to The Netherlands

A publisher in The Netherlands has bought the rights to translate and publish The Trap later this year.

Want an autographed book or two …

In case you would like to order a book or two … I’ve posted an order form online at http://johnsmelcer.com/books.html. The best part of the old-fashioned way of ordering … I’ll autograph it before it is shipped!  

The Dalai Lama …

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On Sunday, May 23, I went into New York City to hear His Holiness the Dalai Lama speak at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. In 2009, the Dalai Lama provided a foreword to one of my Native American dictionaries and collaborated with me on a children’s picture book.

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