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“The Book of M” by Peng Shepard, © 2018

This is such a strange story. I wonder how she developed it? It is like a Stephen King story – based in reality, yet with some magic or other weirdness included. We begin the story with a couple, Ory and Max, very much in love, holed up in a resort hotel. You are then exposedContinue reading ““The Book of M” by Peng Shepard, © 2018”

“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”

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”

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”