Yes, the journey continues! 2023 is off and running and "A Mason's Journey" has begun work on this year's goals!
I opened the year officially on Saturday, January 7th at the Perfect Union Lodge #10 Masonic Education Expo where I was joined by Bro. John Deacon (aka Bro. Chris Williams), and Bro. Chris Galloway (owner, Perfect Ashlar Publishing) and we sold and signed a few of our books. We also spent some quality time with some outstanding and distinguished brothers like R.:W.: Dennis Yates of the "Masonic Improvement" team on FaceBook and YouTube, and R.:W.: William Badders who hosted the event. I have to say that Bro. Badders lined up some of the most interesting speakers I've listened
to in years and the Education Expo was successful in spreading the light!
Next up, I have just finished a presentation and I'm going to test it out at our York Rite
Chapter (Helotes York Rite Chapter #444) on Wednesday night, January 11. It's short title is: "Masonry in Oz" The short explanation for this presentation is that after so many years of hearing about the masonic influence in "The Wizard of Oz" I wanted to see for myself, so I watched it and I captured my observations in this presentation that I will test out in my Chapter. The limiting factor for this presentation is that it must be provided in either a York Rite body or an Allied Masonic Degrees body, but that's okay, sometimes our educational efforts can fall a bit short in our York Rite bodies, especially in Chapters and Councils that are busy conferring degrees.
Hovering in the background of all of this is "Noah's Quest Volume II: Eternal Awakening" which I sent to the publisher just before New Year's. Right now this book is competing for time with the publisher (Perfect Ashlar Publishing) who will be out of pocket for about three weeks so I am looking for a release date towards the end of January or even early February for "Eternal Awakening".
The competition for the publisher's time does not mean that Noah's Quest is delayed at all! I have begun Volume III and I have a "draft" working title that is still subject to change. There is an important aspect to Volume III; it is this volume where I expect enough clues and hints to finally be apparent for readers to determine the underlying, unifying theme of the series. Yes, I have a story line that will run its course through the content of the series, but there is .... something.... going on with Noah and his quest and I think that it is after the release of Volume III where enough of the hints and signs will be available for the sleuths out there to solve the puzzle!
So we are off and running in 2023 and I hope to meet many of you as I travel this leg of my journey! There is much to learn and much to share as we lock arms and march forward into our fraternal and individual destiny's!
Travel on my brothers, and travel with me!
Bro. Bill
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