To Protect the identity of my colorful, kind, cunning and a few half-criminal characters or combinations thereof, all their names have been changed as well as my own. Along with the towns, rivers, cities and businesses. Only my beloved companion Rastus, a Malamute-Doberman cross, retained his true identity. Razzer had more nicknames that were acceptable for any dog.

Come take a seat behind the wheel of Cam truck stocked full of every tool a man could dream for, and travel a wide area of small-town USA with Ingrid Lerbrekk and her sidekick Rastus.

Through smoldering heat and crippling snowstorms, Cam truck forges on to meet characters with golden boy looks or crazy eyes and missing fingers among personalities ranging from comical to downright scary. To papmer hammers called "Angel" and trade-in toolboxes called "Sue" Ingrid will use honesty as well as moxie to make it in the world of farms, junkyards, mechanic shops and places nicknamed "the Moom". Hoedowns and showdowns await Ingrid who does her best to roll with the punches and the blessings. From the start of her struggling business to the end of a flourishing one, Ingrid's stories will enlighten and entertain those who live in the worlds she visited and those who never knew they existed.

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When did I have time to write a book? Did I really do that? I devoted countless hours to Tool Tales for many years. I did everything wrong, backwards and upside down, but Tool Tales still turned out quite well. In fact, good enough to win 1st runner up in the 2006 Jada International Book contest in competition with hundreds of other books. Now you might think I'm living off my royalties, but I can assure you that couldn't be farther from the truth. Instead of hanging 10 on cloud nine after hearing about winning the prize, 3 years later, I understand all too well that I used tons of money, gobs of energy and patience on something that I only have a teeny, tiny, itsy-bitsy hope of ever seeing Tool Tales on a bookshelf. I did have 3 copies at a book store in Bryne, Norway and it burned down. I just can't take a hint! Actually the cover should have a red background and not blue, if you get the drift of things. However, just having a shred of hope and the experiance of actually seeing it through makes it worth the effort. Are you writing? Tell me about your book, dreams, hopes and disasters. elaine@hesbynett.no  ingrid.lerbrekk@tooltales.net   elaine@tooltales.net

With Midwest weather, by Friday we were a bit grubby inside and out. My customers let me know about it, too! Here I am with Sammy my great mouser. He's in Tool Tales guarding the garage and stall.

Sammy, the greatest mouser ever. He could be batting one around on the  on the ground and have 3 tails hanging out of his mouth!

If you read Tool Tales you will find out about Whisper and Puzzle when they were chasing me through the woods and corn field on skies. I did believe I was going to end up on their dinner menu!