Good news of the WooHoo! kind. My first spoken-word CD is out. I’m driving to Springfield to fetch the first printing of “An Ozarks Holiday Sampler” – 15 episodes on holidays from my public radio series, “These Ozarks Hills.” It’s also available streaming live from www.ksmu.org. **Shameless self-promotion alert **  Order by Dec. 21 and we’ll get it to you by Christmas. It’s sometimes serious, sometimes fun takes on Groundhog day and April Fool’s day, among others. A couple might make you cry, but don’t worry. It’s good for you to get a little sappy, especially around the holidays. More to come.

-m