Spent the last week cataloging and packing books to take to Washington so that my colleague John Thomson of Bartleby’s Books can drive them out to San Francisco for the big international antiquarian book show there in mid-February. John and his wife Karen are specialists in Americana, and they take great delight in traveling the […] More >>
The Real Pirates of the Caribbean
Spent a wonderful week up in my artist buddy’s studio in Cape Breton working on a book proposal. Each day, after I’d written and read as much as I could, I’d take a walkabout, and do a little work in my field. But a bad shoulder and lousy weather kept chainsaw fun to a minimum. […] More >>