My face felt claustrophobic all day today. It started when my daughter and youngest son were halfway to Burlington, VT., where we were meeting my oldest son and a close friend of his for a birthday breakfast. Around mile marker 90 on Interstate 89 South, I was terribly aware of the beard growing on my …
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Shelf Life for November 2019
Books ReadA.D.: After Disclosure by Richard M. Dolan & Bryce ZabelThe Day It Finally Happens by Mike PearlThe Order of Time by Carlo RovelliAn Actual Life by Abigail ThomasSo You’re a Little Sad, So What? by Alicia TobinGalapagos by Kurt Vonnegut Books Bought/Found/GivenBang Your Head: The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal by David KonowLeo …
THANKSREADING 2019: So You’re a Little Sad, So Read
It’s the final day of Thanksreading 2019, and I’m focusing on an author whose new (and first prose) book I bought a little over a week ago: Alicia Tobin. Alicia Tobin Tobin’s new book, So You’re a Little Sad, So What? Nice Things to Say to Yourself on Bad Days and Other Essays, is a …
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THANKSREADING 2019: Time Out
Here’s the deal. I thought I had this all figured out. A nice, tidy list of authors I’m grateful for. One piece a day for a week, and it’s done. But my brain won’t stop, and the list keeps getting bigger. So today I’m sharing a list of four authors (besides the other six I’m …
THANKSREADING 2019: A Person and Their Dog
Today is the third-to-last installment of this year’s Thanksreading pieces. I had a grand idea for today’s writing, but that’s fallen to the wayside. Sunday night was a scary time, and it’s been a long day today (Monday, as I write this), dealing with the fallout from it. I don’t have the mental presence to …