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

Septic man* was here yesterday.  We like our septic man.  He’s a friendly, forthright fellow and has gotten us out of at least one, well, jam.  We exchanged greetings over…View post