I had a pretty good blog idea sketched out for this week. It was going to be an essay about blogs, because I had recently participated in an event sponsored by the Gloucester Writers Centerin which half a dozen local bloggers talked about their blogs – the hows, whys, and wherefores. You can see the […] More >>
Archives for May 2014
Watching What I’m Wishing For
For the past five years the NewBedford Whaling Museum has been sponsoring a scrimshaw show in conjunction with their annual Scrimshaw Symposium. This year they opened the show up to include a wider range of maritime antiques and books, and I figured “Why not?” I thought there was a fair chance that the show, which […] More >>
Lost and Found
A surprise awaited me when I returned from vacation last Thursday. In truth, it was only a surprise because I had forgotten it was there, but the effect was the same. A nasty stack of cartons containing a run of a periodical that, in a weak moment before my departure, I had purchased from a […] More >>
Used Books of the Future Redux
Greg: “Don’t bother me. I’m having deep, noir thoughts… working on my next detective novel.” Anne Marie: “Looks more like you’re working on your next drink.” After two weeks of Irish hills and windswept islands, we’ve retreated to our home place, Cork City, for a couple of days of loafing around. Then we’ll go north […] More >>