Just back from Easter, –or East-over, as we're calling it, because our extended family includes member of the Jewish faith. A great time, ah, yes, work included, but all the better with family.

Oh, yes, and East-over came right after Brighton, and the World Horror Convention, which was incredible–so much amazing art, and so much fun at the party at Horatio's, the "Slushpile" band playing, and Helen and I and tribe in "Steampunk!" Then, we did the Chevy Chase tour of London, trying to get in Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, and the Jack the Ripper tour, all in one day. Bob Loughlin was one of the best Tower guides, ever, kept us laughing and learning, and we had Donald Rumbelow, author, and one of the best guides ever for the Ripper tour. We made it all–even if I did feel like a mother duck rushing my crew along. I have been to London several times, but was trying to think of the most "London" things to do for my crew. Sorry–I did not allow them time for much shopping. And books! Well, we had great books, we had just come from World Horror Convention, and a wealth of scary stuff– hoping, of course, it would be scary enough to entertain us through the twelve hours in the air and six hours in the airports for the trip home via Chicago.

This week–on to New Orleans, Louisiana. First, a ghost expedition at Ashley House with Dr. Larry Montz, a signing in NOLA, and on to the Jambalaya Jubilee, one of my favorite events of any year. It's truly Southern hospitality in Houma, and several friends are speaking, including key-noter Harley Jane Kozak and Slushpile drummer F. Paul Wilson. Next, I'll report on the ghost expedition, and all that occurs in NOLA and Houma.