Jeremy walked through the main entrance of The Literary Yankee, the tiny bookstore located at the northwest corner of Vermont Wool Commons. He found himself taken aback by his surroundings once again. Even after spending so much time not just at the bookstore, but in the building in general, the changes made to the old …
Month: January 2020
Care Package for Friday, Jan. 31, 2020
Happy Birthday: Norman Mailer, novelist/screenwriter/journalistBorn Jan. 31, 1923 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3vTu99Vpd8 Music: Other Side of the World by KT Tunstall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDyCAgdf6hE 50 States, 100 Weeks: The Singing Runway, Disney World Abandoned Airport, Orlando, FL Photo credit: neatorama.com Prog Rock Album Art: A Question of Balance by The Moody Blues Photo credit: forgottenvinyls.wordpress.com Poetry: The Second Beautiful Harvest …
Care Package for Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020
Happy Birthday: Saul Alinsky, community activist/political theoristBorn Jan. 30, 1909 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfAyNrEsqic Music: Immigraniada by Gogol Bordello https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKpgb2WrGo0 50 States, 100 Weeks: Global Convergence Sculpture, Orlando, FL Photo credit: hiveminer.com Prog Rock Album Art: In the Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson Photo credit: dailymotion.com Poetry: Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles by Sally …
Care Package for Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020
Happy Birthday: Oprah Winfrey, talk show host/television executive/producerBorn Jan. 29, 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4FpQcmXsxo Music: Me Gustas Tu by Manu Chao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6Y4kZ8qtw 50 States, 100 Weeks: The I-4 Dead Zone, Sanford, FL Photo credit: foxnews13.com Prog Rock Album Art: De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta Photo credit: udiscovermusic.com Poetry: Road Hazard by Bradley PaulWhat I …
PROcrastination
I’ve gone ‘round the bend. Procrastination-wise, anyway. After getting some excellent constructive criticism and advice from an editor, I’m on the verge of starting the sixth draft of my novel; quite possibly the final draft before I look for an agent. At least it quite possibly will be if I get off my ass and …