Alaska isn't a state where we have had a huge following.
An order here or there through the years is about all we have ever mustered.
But word of mouth is powerful and when one mom in that far away state stumbled upon our curriculum and used it she couldn't keep it to herself.
She shared it with a friend who happened to be head of a homeschool co-op. That group had just left a popular homeschool program and was looking for another option.
I got a call one day in early May asking me if I would be willing to come out to Alaska and share about BiblioPlan. They wanted to put together a convention and fly me out and have me speak.
I laughed out loud.
Next year, right?? Sure - next year when we aren't in the middle of finishing a massive re-write of our Ancients high school book. Next year when we aren't writing around the clock trying to get that book and all its supplements on the market by August 1st. Next year when my traveling schedule is not a mishmash of nutty because of all the Covid changes. Next year when we can breathe again.
They weren't laughing.
Will you come?
I gave a tentative maybe. I mean - what are the chances of them pulling together a convention in that short of time anyway? There was no way it was going to happen.
Oh me. Oh my.
I leave tomorrow for Alaska.
They pulled it together. I am crossing the country to go speak to a group of excited homeschooling families and other school choice families in Anchorage, Alaska. I will be meeting privately with the co-op about BiblioPlan on Monday night at a picnic and for two days to the greater Alaskan community, sharing about homeschooling and special needs and other sundry stuff. They have pulled together an assortment of speakers and it should be a great two days.
They put me in a hotel that has room views over the lake where I can watch the planes land on the water.
After I leave that unbelievable experience, I will fly straight to Georgia for another convention.
Then home.
We are one week from putting our newest book out.
It's a rewrite of the first full book we wrote and it is unbelievable. I can say that because Rob did the majority of the rewrite. I am so proud of him and this newest book.
It's a re-write with a brand new series title.
Consider the Years; History for High Schoolers.
Our younger series title is Remember the Days.
"Remember the Days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you."
We have one week to get it out in e-book format. The print version will come out at the end of September.
It's been crazy hard and we are weary. Losing Rob's mom this past week added a layer of grief on top of the stress.
And leaving is never ever easy with little girl.
She had a ROUGH night last night. As we rescued her twice in an hour, I questioned for the umpteenth time how I could leave when she is such a crazy roller coaster.
