Night for Notables

I was invited to Michigan’s Night for Notables at the main Capital Library—a wonder on its own.

My friend Lisa Sukenic was being awarded for her Middle Grade novel in verse Miles from Motown. SEE my review here: http://memoirouswrite.blogspot.com/2021/10/miles-from-motown-book-review.html

It was a gala affair—but MOST NOTABLE was the fact that I haven’t been in a roomful of people in about 2 years! I actually took a video on my phone while in the auditorium waiting for the “event” to start. The whole thing was an EVENT. For some reason, though it wasn’t mandated, I wore a mask. I hate wearing them, not sure how I ever was able to keep one on for like forever a while back.

After the awards part of the evening we ambled over to an area for a great catered reception where we stood at bar tables and ate—unmasked.

All of these details are leading up to the alert I received a day or two later that people I was with tested posted for Covid. I immediately felt sick. The appropriate number of days later I took a home test and was negative. Whew! We’re still in this nightmare. Luckily crisis averted this time.