So today we had an author talk, co-sponsored with the Historical Society, by Chad Lewis, who co-authored the Minnesota Road Guide to Haunted Locations.

Our plan was to hold the talk at the Calumet Inn, which is featured in the book for being haunted. So we ordered cookies and coffee for 35-40 people, figuring that was a good number and would probably be more than we would actually have.

We were WRONG!! After re-setting chairs and moving tables to try and make room for all the people that were arriving, Mayor Ness finally suggested we move it to the Performing Art center, since the fire marshall would KILL us for cramming so many people in there. So at 2:01, we moved across the street and re-set-up, getting all of Chad's books set out in the lobby and getting him ready for his talk.

The talk was fantastic and I am so glad I went ahead and booked him, even though at the time we thought we would end up paying his entire honorarium ourselves. We ended up getting sponsored by Legacy Funds, since we were working with the Historical Society, and so we only ended up spending a little money for cookies.

And there were, at final count, 95 people in attendance. 95!! It was a great day for an author talk and I had no idea so many people in Pipestone were interested in ghosts!