Today is launch day for the Chippewa Valley Book Festival.  I have a special interest in this one as it exists thanks to the tireless efforts of my neighbors.  If…View post

Been listening to Jeffrey Foucault lately.  I’m late to his music and making up for it now.  Next time I have to drive across North Dakota at night, I’m going…View post

What a nice blog post by Lanora Hurley of Next Chapter Bookshop.  Some of you will understand the “snot rocket” reference… (and then read on down for the David and…View post

Thanks to Bev of LaDeDa Books & Beans, I read Proust’s Overcoat over the course of two recent evenings on the deer stand.*  Nonfiction with a novella feel, I enjoyed…View post

Nadine St. Louis was very kind to me over the years.  She was a professor, a poet, and co-founder of the local book festival.  I last spoke with her the…View post