Things have been so busy lately that I’m finding it difficult to get into Laggan. Normally this would not be an issue, but I’m dying to see for myself the results of the Honesty Box I left there. I posted in an earlier entry that many people had left money as they took a book from outside the cottage. Five of them emailed me to say that the box was unprotected and full of cash. A friend emptied it for me and then left, returning about two weeks later to find the books gone and another stash of cash lying in an otherwise large empty toy-box. He emptied it again and put the spoils inside the cottage. It appears that when all the books were taken, the cash was left on its own outside the cottage – probably for well over a week. When my friend arrived there, there were almost 30 people having lunch on the grass outside and I suspect that hundreds had passed in that period. And yet no one touched the money. To be clear – this is a large, brightly coloured container capable of holding 110 books. I put it at the intersection of paths so that no one could miss it and slapped a sign on the lid declaring that it was an HONESTY BOX and that people should open it.

Isn’t that cool? Thank you, all.

Much as I wanted to go to the Eden Festival, I was just too late. Next year!

I’m writing an article for one of my favourite sites – teleread. I’ve already posted the relevant details to the newsletter but this will be the first time on the open web. I’ve benefited from other authors posting information in the past and so I’m keen to repay that openness by doing the same – passing it forward, so to speak.

I have two ideas for the next phase and I will talk about them once I settle on which is the priority. Have a good weekend.

Paul