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“A Perfect Pair: The History of Landjaeger in Green County, Wisconsin”

This is a general history and tour of the Green County butcher shops making Landjaeger. Mr. Brookstein is not a historian, or a travel writer, so his writing is genuine and from the heart. He is a food lover. He has been a part of some small breweries in Colorado, and so has some notionContinue reading ““A Perfect Pair: The History of Landjaeger in Green County, Wisconsin””

Book Review – Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

A book of advice columns. It is more a philosophy of life in most every answer. I wanted to write something about most every answer, because her thoughts, or the question, or something, got me thinking about what I would be writing for an answer. It is an amazing book!! A fan letter I wroteContinue reading “Book Review – Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar”

“Alas Babylon” by Pat Frank, © 1959

This is probably the best apocalyptic story to come out of the Cold War. It is so good because Mr. Frank is an excellent writer, but it also gets a lot of help from his knowledge of the subject: he knew what he was talking about. “Nations are like people. When they grow old andContinue reading ““Alas Babylon” by Pat Frank, © 1959”

‘* – A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson, © 2003

I have read this book before but it is long enough that it is pretty much new again. I remember some of the phrases and sentences from way back, but a lot of it was rather unknown and interesting. It is a general science book that goes all over, though not with any great depth,Continue reading “‘* – A Short History of Nearly Everything” by Bill Bryson, © 2003”

Ne’er-do-well bums out for joy rides. This book has moments of inspired writing, but the story was pretty lame. Sal meets various guys who want to be writers, like Carlos and Dean. These fellows can not stop philosophizing, but they never get anywhere with all the talk. That is ok though, they are lost soulsContinue reading “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, ©1957”

This is a companion novel for “The Riddle of the Sands.” Both were written and published before World War I, so give a perspective of the British military that is not normally read of. These are works of fiction, but still there is some basis in the facts of the times, or they would beContinue reading ““The 39 Steps” by John Buchan, © 1915”