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Comments you don't want to hear from your guide:

"Anyone here bring a compass?"

"Does this tree [rock, mountain] look familiar to anyone?"

"Just because your horse is named Brimstone don't mean nothing."

"No, I still don't know what happened to the bait. Now shut up and eat."

"Lucky for you, I just sharpened my jackknife. Now let me take a look at that sliver [hook, leg, arm, finger, eye]."

"This could be bad. The sun is setting in the East."

"Of course I have permission to hunt here, but just for the heck of it crouch down behind these bushes until that tractor goes by."

"Two bits of information. Number one: We have just run out of toilet paper! Number two: There's lots of poison ivy around here."

~Patrick F. McManus in Kerplunk (2007)

"Mammas, don't let your babies

grow up to be cowboys!"

I'm not sure what is going on here, but it doesn't look good... Better check Bun's Blog for the truth about this tough-lookin' cowpoke!

Pat may look tough, but you have to wonder when he tells us in his Pat Online column this month that he's afraid to go to the mall. Read it before you judge him.

Good news for Bo Tully fans--Pat's next mystery The Huckleberry Murders will be available on November 2 and will be released in audiobook at the same time. His last mystery The Double-Jack Murders comes out in paperback in October and it will be available with autographs from McManus Books at that time. And speaking of paperbacks, McManus Books is getting into the paperback business big time--we just got in our first order of paperbacks, including the first two Bo Tully mysteries, Kerplunk, and Into the Twilight Endlessly Grousing. They will be available for autographing shortly.

And finally, Pat wants to thank all the people who sent him birthday wishes. He was amazed that so many people even knew it was his birthday.

No matter what the calendar says, around here fall starts September 1. It is always sad to see summer go, but here's hoping for a beautiful Indian summer!

Happy Trails,

Kelly, the web-daughter