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I’m from Minnesota , and yes-I like to talk about the weather! It’s been very quiet here weather-wise, while we wait for some snow to stick here in Minnesota, Hawaii is purportedly forecasting blizzard conditions in the upper altitudes (11,000 feet above sea level) on the Mauna Loa volcano. They got 12 inches of snow and 100 mile-per-hour wind gusts.

I actually like having snow on the ground because it means I can XC ski.

From my book, THE MUKLUK BALL written by Katharine Johnson.

Update: Thankfully, we only had to wait a few days for snow. We sure do need the precipitation and our dog, Luna needs more exercise!

On October 27th, 2018 Katharine Johnson, her husband Dale and I drove up to Ely from their home near Duluth, MN. We went to our picture book launch for THE MUKLUK BALL at Steger Mukuluks in Ely.

After a warm welcome we held our book event and had so much fun. Katharine read the story to the children and I got the kids to dance!

In the book, during the Mukluk Ball, Karhu the bear and Millie the do-si-do champion made up a new dance called The Bear Hug Twist. I showed the kids some dance moves and then I had them make up three dance moves to combine into our very own Bear Hug Twist. We twizzled and hopped, some in shoes and others in boots. The kids were great and now they are ready to dance with Karhu the bear.

The Mukluk Store is featured in THE MUKLUK BALL, Karhu the bear wants his own pair of Mukluks to wear to the Mukluk Ball. Karhu picks blueberries and sells them with bear hugs at the blueberry festival to earn money for his new boots. We were astounded by our own good fortune. Steger's was very generous and gave Katharine and I each a pair of boots! I have never had such nice, comfortable boots. And they were very supportive of our book. What a wonderful way to begin the long cold season with beautiful, warm mukluks!