The morning shuttle to the airport and a quick flight to Lubbock! Judith - the Press editor who first accepted Dorothy’s story - met me at the airport. Gordon dropped me back at the hotel and headed for choir. Mexican food, a yummy Margarita and delightful conversation between old friends catching up made for a good evening. James Methodist, long ago in far away Detroit. Of necessity, we had to go early because it was Wednesday night. Shirley was under the weather, but he would pick me up for dinner. While I was enjoying my coffee and making my hotel reservation, Gordon called. All was well! She gave me the names of some nearby, not-so-pricey hotels. I did have a flight out the following morning. Finally, a reservationist beckoned to me. She assured me the Press would pick up my lodging costs in Dallas. She and I were scheduled to have dinner that evening. I called my husband, asked him to call Gordon and Shirley, tell them the pickle I was in, and ask them to call me. I was hoping to bunk with them knowing the airline wouldn’t pay for lodging since this was a weather related cancellation. I got in line and tried to call my friends Gordon and Shirley who live near DFW. Fifty people beat me there! The Texas winds were playing havoc with a lot of travelers. High winds at the Lubbock airport, 80 mph!!! Yikes!!! American was working on rebooking me TOMORROW! Juggling my briefcase and backpack, I checked the new text. When I landed at DFW and took my iPhone off Airplane Mode, it promptly beeped. Whew! Then I had yet another hurdle to clear. Like my trip to Long Beach in mid March, my Texas flight on April 10 left just ahead of an incoming snowstorm. TTUP published Dorothy’s incredible story. Dorothy’s story would be my topic when I spoke April 11 that Literary Lubbock, sponsored by Texas Tech University Press. Two weeks ago in this blog, I talked about my biography, Finding Dorothy Scott: Letters of a WASP Pilot,winner of the 2016 Sarton Women’s Book Award from Story Circle Network.
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