Zowie – I’m famous! – Part Two.

In October, 2016, I sort of stumbled into a fabulous part-time job. Considering my age, this was nothing short of miraculous, in my opinion, but it was the work itself that was so intriguing! To this day, I think it’s the best possible job to utilize my very idiosyncratic skill-set.

To be sure, I’ve been busily (and happily) writing since grade school, and even flirted briefly with many other careers since then. The 1990s were my big writing years, as my first two books were published, and I was busily writing more. Eventually, all five of my books were published by traditional publishers. (I’ve since self-published all of them when the original rights reverted to me. )

From 2002 until 2012,  I did a LOT of writing: mostly about classical music and opera, plus women’s sports. So there were two of the three big things in my life. I’d done a piece or two about the third thing — cars and or racing, but not much.

So, here I was interviewing at a  local manufacturer of automotive aftermarket gauges and such – a perfect match for my goofy background! Of course, these were gorgeous digital LED instruments – a far cry from the plain old-fashioned needle type gauges that were in the vehicles I raced or drove or sold or whatever. The company is Intellitronix and is based in Eastlake, Ohio.

They wanted me to write the installation instructions for their various products, which suited me to a T! During the interview, the owner asked if I’d be willing to appear in videos for their products. Well, of course! Why not?  I’ve had a lot of audio experience, including radio and taping books, so microphones held no fear for me.

As far as I knew, there was no reason to fear a camera, either. (I’ve never scared a horse, after all!) As long as they didn’t intend for me to be silly or goofy in any way.  No worry on that score, the owner thought that ‘Grandma’s Garage’ might be just the thing! So we did it. This one is not for a gauge, but for an Ignition Box. Mind you, I’m not sure exactly what it does, but I don’t really need to know, either. It was great fun, and I’m hopeful of doing more of them!  So, as they say – without further ado – here it is!

Grandma’s Garage — Opus One!   

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1FFaUkDDLR5QktGcHRXOVp0SWM

(click on the above link)

Happy Holidays to all of you! Wherever you are. I wish you Peace and Joy!