I'm sure in this Newest Age of Technology -- the one we've shaped to fit being mindful during Covid -- there are many Book Clubs that have resorted to Zoom Get-Togethers to stay abreast of their latest selections. And, likewise, I imagine that...
Today I went to Astoria's Tillicum House at the invitation of Dayle Olson, one of the co-producers of a KMUN program called "River Writers," a Writer's Guild 30-minute show hosted on alternate weeks by Dayle and by Marianne Monson. It airs...
The shadows across the road were long and interspersed with bright spots of sunshine as I drove home along Sandridge Road from Ilwaco this evening. I was driving the speed limit (I love cruise control) but, even so, I tried to keep a sharp eye out...
I ran across yet another one of those internet sites listing 30 classics every American should read and scrolled through it to see how many -- or IF any -- I have read. Two more than half -- 17 of the 30 with another half dozen than I'm not...
It seems to me that I get less done as the days go by, even though I have cut out a good number of activities as the years have passed. First and foremost, I'm retired from teaching. By my calculations that should give me at least ten hours per...
Not to belabor a point... but on Friday night when friends and I were talking about my "Oysterville Talk" at the Surfside Homeowners' Association, I grabbed a hard cover copy of my Oysterville book to look up a fact I just couldn't recall -- not at...
I'm in the middle of 18th century Scotland -- in the highlands of The Outlander series which I'm reading on my new Kindle to save my eyes from the fine print of the books. It's full of historic accuracy, steamy sex, and violent squinch-my-eyes-up...
If you read Deep River, you know who Karl Marlantes is. If you didn't, stop reading this and get back to it AFTER you've read (preferably) Deep River (2019) which is about our area or, perhaps, Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War (2010) which...
You know, there are some things about this aging process that don't bear thinking about. Like the wonky ways of one's memory. Some years ago, Jim Tweedie asked me if I'd be willing to read a draft of his first book and, perhaps, write a foreword...
Our latest telephone book is really a laughing matter. When it arrived, I threw it away in the basket so kindly provided as a junk mail receptacle at our Post Office; I really thought this skinny little excuse for a directory qualified as junk....
Stevens, Nyel, 188. That's what the index said and that's the page I went to right off the bat. Maggie's book, The Container Victory Garden, arrived last night, and although it was addressed to me, I knew it was truly Nyel's. Maggie had said...
In less than a week-- on February 21st to be precise -- Maggie Stuckey's new book, The Container Victory Garden: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Own Groceries will be in readers' hands. Order now (from your local bookstore, from your favorite...