Book Tree
Advent is coming right up! Take a look at this photo: Isn’t this tree enchanting? Some of us were having fun on Facebook thinking up comments. I invite all readers of this blog to join in here. We were being … Continue reading
Tag Archives: books
The Back Room
I’ve been meaning for a long time to write about the back room of our family’s bookstore, The Book Center (1970?-1984). I am uncertain about the exact starting date because this location known to those who remember the store at … Continue reading
The Joy of Bibliomania
I decided that my boxes of books and the wondrous new floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall bookshelves in our place had all been neglected long enough. So today I went carefully through the cardboard boxes remaining in the garage (where I hastily stacked … Continue reading
Books, Part 2: Fred’s Lists
It occurred to me this evening that I have now been a professional writer for ten years: a decade of selling fiction. So miracles do happen. For years and years, I seriously doubted I’d ever be published at all. But … Continue reading
Books
So, how is it that we’ve come along for more than a year without a posting dedicated entirely to books — especially since books are so central to the writing and reading life? Probably because it’s such a big topic. … Continue reading
Poetry and the Imagination
“Poetry has this power of getting straight through to the deeper level. . . every time it happens, you become aware of the same splendid truth: that headache and the worry and the ‘thousand natural shocks the flesh is heir … Continue reading