{"id":11404,"date":"2015-11-29T07:04:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T12:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11404"},"modified":"2015-11-29T07:04:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T12:04:16","slug":"not-the-foreign-legion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11404","title":{"rendered":"Not the Foreign Legion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I took part in the craft show at the Mallorytown Legion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d5693.508878296971!2d-75.88515956699342!3d44.479205979101636!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x4ccd14928174663b%3A0x7909ebfefbf4135d!2s13+Quabbin+Rd%2C+Mallorytown%2C+ON+K0E+1R0!5e0!3m2!1sen!2sca!4v1448797683870\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11402\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1818-1280x739.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11402 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1818-1280x739.jpg\" alt=\"Legion\" width=\"1280\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1818-1280x739.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1818-1280x739-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/IMG_1818-1280x739-1024x591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My display<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was slow on the sales front despite plenty of foot traffic. But that&#8217;s to be expected when there are two other events taking place on the same day. Still, it was fun to connect with vendors and customers I&#8217;ve not seen since the last time I did this show (2 years ago).<\/p>\n<p>When it was all over (but the crying &#8211; not really), I sold <strong>2<\/strong> copies of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Tim&#8217;s Magic Christmas<\/strong><\/em><\/span> and <strong>1<\/strong> copy of <span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em><strong>A Shadow in the Past<\/strong><\/em><\/span> which is going to be in-flight reading on a trip to BC. My girl, Sarah, really gets around, she does.<\/p>\n<p>Next Saturday I&#8217;m off to Lanark for the Civitan Club&#8217;s show. Maybe I&#8217;ll see you there?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I took part in the craft show at the Mallorytown Legion. It was slow on the sales front despite plenty of foot traffic. But that&#8217;s to be expected when there are two other events taking place on the same day. Still, it was fun to connect with vendors and customers I&#8217;ve not seen since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11404\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Not the Foreign Legion&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,108,69,812,372,377,366,782],"tags":[1016,528,1062,970],"class_list":["post-11404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4rv-publishing","category-a-shadow-in-the-past","category-books","category-chapter-books","category-king-park-press","category-mallorytown","category-the-consequences-collection","category-tims-magic-christmas","tag-a-shadow-in-the-past","tag-craft-show","tag-the-consequences-collection","tag-tims-magic-christmas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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