POINTS OF ORIGIN signing at MS Picnic in New York's Central Park

The Annual Mississippi Picnic in Central Park is Saturday, June 2. Enter Central Park at 5th Avenue and 97th across from Mount Sinai Hospital. The event is from noon to 6:00 pm. For my wife Sally and me, this will be our first time to experience this unique happening. Please come by the Delta State University School of Nursing tent where I will be signing first edition copies of my second novel POINTS OF ORIGIN, compliments of the DSU School of Nursing. Many thanks to Cheryl Oleis and her brother Ron for getting me there.

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