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Vacationland, part 2 of 2
Read more: Vacationland, part 2 of 2Continued from last week…. So, a quarter century ago, when many audiobooks were still HELLACIOUSLY expensive and some were not so very good, there was a woman with a mission: Review books, and show people, schools and libraries which were good, and which were crap. Her name? Robin Whitten. She founded a magazine (then a…
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Vacationland, and stories to tell. Pt 1 of 2
Read more: Vacationland, and stories to tell. Pt 1 of 2At the northeastern corner of the United States, sharing more of it’s border with Canada and the Atlantic ocean than any other neighbor, lies a state known for it’s beautiful summers and frigid winters. It’s lobsters and pine trees. It’s blueberries and ocean vistas. Maine has been eating seafood and harboring vicious mosquitoes since sometime…
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Happy Wednesday! (7/12/17)
Read more: Happy Wednesday! (7/12/17)July, July. How … did that happen precisely? I mean… wasn’t it JUST June? I … I could swear. Huh. OK. Anyway! Hey, new releases happening here man… very cool. Did this adorable romance with Dreamspinner Press for Andrew Grey: “Heart Unseen” which was just sweet as all getout. Love it when people learn and…
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All the World’s a stage: Berlin.
Read more: All the World’s a stage: Berlin.Berlin. A city with ominous overtones for a child of the cold war. Images of grey houses and razor wire, an imploring president and a soviet leader. Stories of loss, of triumph. Images of sledgehammers and celebration, and a sense of victory. A sense of distinctly European strangeness, a fever-dream mélange of art and music,…
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The road goes ever on and on;
Read more: The road goes ever on and on;down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone; and I must follow, if I can. Tolkien. That guy could write. “Oh, sure” you say, “but it’s all Beowulf fan-fic” … ok *I* said that, but still. It’s true, and I don’t care. Tolkien set the background mood for my…