Moonstone - you did sign up for the small Halloween tracker. If your stamps are too big, please use them as site stamps. I would still love to find them!

thanks, Kelly. My stamps are small. I will let you know when the second one is done and they are in the mail. or if you are ever in the mystic area I could meet you and hand them to you to avoid USPS mail problems.

I sent nosox a stamp for soup's on and it took 6 weeks for USPS to get the stamp to her. I could have walked it the 90 miles to her house faster. I thought it was lost in the mail so I carved a second one and sent it to her then weeks later the first one showed up so she had two! any way I can hand deliver your stamps would be good!

An invitation to my next show out in Concord if you're so inclined:

Show: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Dates: Feb 13-Feb 28, 2026
Performances: Fri & Sat evenings with two Sunday matinees (2.15 & 2.22)
Tix: https://www.concordplayers.org

Note: Free tickets for anyone who wants to volunteer to usher/run confessions.
Just click "Sign up for House Staff" on the same link.

P.S. reggicat has a carve at this beloved theater: Box #326056

I feel this! I mailed a get well card to my Aunt and it took over a month to reach her. It’s an 8-hour drive to her house. I could have just made a weekend trip. 🤦‍♀️

So this begs the questions: is this book autobiographical? And are you and your letterboxing brother twins in real life?

Congratulations on your new book!

The book is not strictly autobiographical, though the twin brothers in the book do have similar personalities to myself (John) and Baby Bear (Sam), even if slightly mixed. We are not twins, in fact we are separated by 9 years, but we might as well be when it comes to letterboxing.
A few of the events have been experienced by us or people we know, but mostly I just imagined what kind of mischief we would have gotten into if we started letterboxing in college.
Thanks for your interest!

Wow, that is so cool! Having met you in person and getting a hint of your personality, I imagine that it's a great read - it's on my list!

I'm also jealous... I wish I had the time to write. Congratulations and lots of success to you.

This is so cool! Will you sign it at TALE for me??? 😉

How exciting! Break a leg!!!

Soooo... what kinds of confessions can folks anticipate to hear if they volunteer to run those? (sorry, I couldn't help myself 😉)

Hey there! Not sure how active this board is, but I'm trying to help Kurious Jo out...

I was in SD last week and while finding a box I had clues for, I happened upon another box. It's an AWESOME carve. I stamped in, and took a photo of the logbook to record later. And then I came all the way back home to NC. I looked up the AQ and it was not published yet so I sent Kurious Jo a message...

Turns out, she didn't mean to leave that box there- in fact she didn't know WHERE she'd lost the box! It was accidentally left in September! Someone came by between September and December placed a rock on top of it, but it is otherwise not well hidden. When I found it I thought it was a weird place for a box, and I attempted to hide it better than I found it, but where it is is kind of exposed. (I'm not one to just rehide people's boxes without permission or obvious hazard present)... but I guess in this case I should have known she didn't REALLY mean for it to be where I found it.

Anyway if anyone is in the Deadwood area or can take a trip there to stamp in this awesome stamp and then rehide it somewhere better-- please look up Box #382713 and see the message she's included with the clues there!

Yes, I will sign and stamp it.
Thanks!

LOL (oh-my-gosh!!!)

Hello!

I'll be visiting my brother in Rockford next weekend (9th-13th). Quite a list of boxes to choose from there, I'll have to parse through them for winter findability. Would love to meet/exchange with local boxers if possible, but I will be at his mercy of vehicle availability.

Cheers,
-ArtGekko

I ordered mine : ) and will also bring to TALE for you to sign and stamp- how fun!

Shelly

Thanks for the kind words and I hope the book lives up to your expectations.


It does require quite a bit of time and I had to dedicate at least two or three hours a day writing over about three months. But this was during the holidays so I had many other commitments that interfered with that schedule. As my wife would tell you, even if I wasn't actually writing I was thinking about it most of the time and would try to jot down thoughts whenever they occurred. As was the case when I was working and had a programming problem, I would get some of my best inspirations while exercising, then have to try and remember them until I got done. I would even wake up in the middle of the night and have thoughts I hoped I would remember in the morning.

Writing this novel was much harder than writing my non-fiction book since I had to make up all the names and plot. I did use real places that I was familiar with to ease some of the burden, which also showcased parts of Texas for others to explore. One of the most amazing things that happened was in the middle of the process I watched the movie "The Man Who Invented Christmas" which shows what Charles Dickens went through to write "A Christmas Carol". He used real-life inspirations along with imagination to bring his characters to life, and I realized I was doing the same thing! Now I'm not comparing myself to him or my book to his, but the process was similar and I suspect it would be to anyone attempting to write a creative work.

Anyway, long story short, even though it was maddening at times I'm really glad I persevered if for no other reason than the appreciation I gained for other authors. All this is to say, if you have a desire to write, do it even if you have to wait until you retire!

I really like the suggestions for patches/apparel.

I have another suggestion, but need to test it first.

The Clermont Box of the Month will be unavailable from Thursday, January 15 through Monday, January 19th. It is going on a road trip to GA! It will be back in place on Tuesday, January 20th. I apologize for any inconvenience.

BB

Thank you for all of that. I, too, find it interesting to find out what is going through the mind of writer. Movies about authors is one of my favorite genres. (Even fictional ones - hello Secret Window! ha ha.) So thank you for sharing your process.

I saw an interview once with Aaron Sorkin. He explained how, when writing 'A Few Good Men' (the original play) he was working as a waiter and in between serving patrons he would jot down notes on napkins and transcribe them when he got home. Very inspiring but I'm not sure I have that dedication.

So I continue to dream. Congrats again, it's a huge undertaking and an accomplishment to be proud of!

DZ

This is awesome!!! I will definitely have to get a signed copy!

I was looking over some very old geocaching logs and stumbled across this entry...

The coordinates are N 36° 58.585 W 122° 07.099. It was/is in Wilder Ranch State Park just outside of Santa Cruz, CA.

Any sleuths out there that can track this one down from a 14 year old cache log?

Here's a direct link to that cache location.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KVjsQyHMrr9imSns9

Are you looking for a letterbox there or a geocach there?

Sorry, just making sure which one I'm researching.

thanks,
condo

Letterbox

Edited to add: given the description, the letterbox would have been further east (uphill) than the coordinates I posted.

Perhaps it is this one?

https://www.atlasquest.com/showinfo.php?boxId=39869

Lucy is described as being in a “many trunked bay tree”.

I have not personally looked for this series, but it seems like it would be in that general area.

yeah, that is another one I was thinking about.

I'm in FL for a couple of months enjoying the warmth & sun. Sorry to miss you. Enjoy the time there!

Enjoy your time in Rockford with your brother. Unfortunately, I cannot meet up during that window of time. I hope you have some good luck finding letterboxes.

added everyone who answered! :) and it looks like some other folks who added me.

Hmm... You might be right. It might be worth a look next time I'm that way. Pretty vague clues tho...

🙃

Thanks for looking that up!

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