Revisiting G. Oliver Riggs Day

One of the fun parts of writing creative nonfiction is that you can relive peak experiences during the writing process. That’s what I was doing yesterday while finishing a draft of Chapter 7 of my book.

The chapter describes events that happened seven years ago, leading up to and including G. Oliver Riggs Day, an event we had at the Stearns History Museum on June 29, 2008. It was fun to watch the video from that day, look at the pictures again, and remember how it all came together. It was also bittersweet to see at least a few faces of people who are no longer with us.

Here is the Riggs family group photo we took that day with Big G:

And here is a photo of me with my dad at the post-event picnic, where we are feeling both exhausted and exhilarated.

That is also how I felt last night, after finishing Chapter 7! I plan to give my writing brain (and my typing fingers) a break for a day or so, but then I will be back at it, working on Chapter 8. Here are a few teaser photos: