https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/ Thru the years My last public appearance; speaking to Midwest Writing Center workshop on writing memoirs. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190435715 190435715 Taken against the backdrop of the first of the three houses our families lived in on the "wrong side of the tracks" at a dead end street; 804, 806 and 808 East Ninth Street, Okmulgee. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190435717 190435717 About 1947, Okmulgee Ok https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190435718 190435718 The midlife crisis years of being in the forties were definitely the top years for being "interesting" and "trying new things. Even politics, https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190435719 190435719 https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190435720 190435720 Yep, my mother considered child abuse. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=190435721 190435721 https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131624 201131624 Now at the 56th year of our marriage in Stillwater,Ok we have traversed some amazing roads, hit some big speed bumps, found our way and we are grateful. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131625 201131625 Our collaboration was vital but she did not live long enough to see the first novel published as she succumbed to breast cancer. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131626 201131626 Footsteps Out of Darkness For the full story and glorious pictures go to my blog: www.joycegodwingrubbs2@wordpress.com https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131627 201131627 Made one every year, but this was the favorite of everyone. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131628 201131628 Hypnotized by the Hubby https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131629 201131629 Our three greyhounds were written into most novels as they were the "inspiration" of the Greyhound Lady Walking Series. Dex, (Justune's Dixie) Big Buddy (Archer Evan) and Baby Doll (Puff Tuff) Kudos to the Quad City Greyhound Adoptions, Maysville Iowa where over a period of 15 years we adopted our three. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131630 201131630 My son, Steven Eric Grubbs's favorite picture of us. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131631 201131631 https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131632 201131632 Marguerite Elizabeth Marrs Godwin of Morris, Ok and Lloyd Jewel Godwin of Okmulgee,Ok. https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131633 201131633 The girls at my last booksigning at Boulder Colorado to release Footsteps Out of Darkness with Annabelle Kindig Miglia. See www.joycegodwin2@wordpress.com https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131634 201131634 https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131635 201131635 https://authorjoycegodwingrubbs.webs.com/apps/photos/photo?photoID=201131736 201131736