In the past year I have spoken at Rotary, Lions, and Kiwanis Clubs in the Minnesota region and my message is simple. My life is an example of the difference they make. I was raised in an orphanage from 8 until 18 and the Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis and other civic organizations who gave to us made a big impact. My [...]
After 10 years of working on our project at St. Francis Lodge that my wife and I are building for the Nuns in northern Minnesota from the funds we get from the sale of my book, I wasn’t sure how I felt about our now being able to complete our mission by building the lodge for the Nuns by October of [...]
I am very happy to announce that the new online ad to promote my book at Barnes and Noble is being launched this week in Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine on www.mspmag.com . We are very excited about this test. Stay tuned as we see if this little test is succesful. Also, you can help us by telling others you know to go to www.bn.com [...]
Dear Friends: I am very happy to announce that my book is now available at Barnes and Noble.com (see www.bn.com) and plug in my title “Did I ever thank you, Sister?” to find the title. I am so grateful to the many wonderful people who have helped me aIong the way in my life. This story is a reflection of their love [...]
" Did I ever thank you, Sister?, copyright 1999, by Sal N. Di Leo, is one of the most inspirational and engaging memoirs I have ever read. It should be a New York Times best seller. I highly recommend everyone to read this book. It appeals to all ages." David Klein, Klein Companies LLC
Road Not Taken, Robert Frost, 1915 To All My Dear Friends and Family: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having [...]
Dear Friends: I just learned today that if you call or e-mail your local public library, or school library, and ask them to order my book, "Did I ever thank you, Sister?", they will order it. It would be huge to us if you do this because they all work through one major distributor. The more requests the distributor recieves from [...]
Dear Friends: This past weekend we went to the funeral of Pat Grant, my good freind Bud Grant's wife, whom we loved very much. Pat Grant was a very special person because of how much she gave to everyone she met along the way, and especially to our family. She affected us all with her intelegence and her big heart [...]
Dear Friends: Over the 10 year period since I first wrote my memoirs, I have been talked to producers, such as Bill Pohlad, Christine Walker, Frank Mannella, and others, as well as great screen writers such as Dr. Richard Walters with the UCLA Screen & Film School, Richard Friedenberg ( “A river runs through it”) Lew Hunter (re-known screen writer, [...]
I am looking for someone to put music to my song (see lyrics below) that I have written for my book, "Did I ever thank you, Sister?". I intend to use this music on my own "You Tube" production for my book, as background for my audio book, and for the movie that is being talked about by a producer [...]