Kansas

I moved to Kansas. The timing could have been better, but there was no way to know in January that in two short months, my husband and I would be locked down under mandatory stay-at-home orders in a new home hundreds of miles away from everyone we knew.

We moved to Kansas because my husband was transferred for work. I had been looking forward to a new adventure in a new state and, while I was reluctant to leave my job and friends in Georgia, we had enjoyed our time down south and expected to have a lots of fun exploring Kansas. Then covid-19 happened. Now I not only have no job and no friends, but I’m not supposed to leave the house to find any. One would think that I’d have lots of time for writing, but it’s been hard concentrating. I've heard that a lot of people are having the same problem during this pandemic crisis.

Okay, I’ll stop whining now. Here are some advantages of Kansas:

-          The population density is low and the state’s number of covid virus cases is equally low.

-          My friends back in Georgia and up in Illinois are all willing to do video chats with me now since they’re all stuck in their houses, too.

-          There have been Bigfoot sightings in Kansas, which means one of my future Bigfoot books can be located here.

-          There are also elk here, which means Piper can continue to ride elk to scrub the bodies of dead Bigfoot in my future books. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read Bigfoot CSI to catch up.

-          The weather here is colder and windier than it was in Georgia, but it’s not as bad as Chicago.

-          The people here are SO nice!

-          You can see forever across these wide-open plains.

            There are lots of new sights to explore, like Dodge City and the Flint Hills. We’ve already checked out Mushroom Rock, which was awesome! Can you tell why it’s called Mushroom Rock?

Well, back to work. Book 2 in the Bigfoot Flashfire Series won’t edit itself. Stay safe out there! Stop touching your face.