more adventures from 1975on location in Pioneer Square, starring J.R (he was always getting into trouble),'Mysterious Island' with monsters by Ray Harryhausen(who I later met, see blogentry from April 9, 201...
Actually, author/artist James Florareminds me of two other favoritesJim Copp and Ed Brown.Long ago, Margaret gave me a casette collection of their wonderful recordswhich I soon tracked down. Their fantastic LPs fold out into games!Here are some of their other titles:Fable Forest (1959)East of Flumdiddle (1961)Gumdrop Follies (1965)The Sea of Glup (19...
I've become a fan of James Floraafter reading My Friend Charlie (1964).Who couldn't be with titles like this:The Joking ManThe Day the Cow SneezedThe Fabulous Fireworks FamilyCharlie Yup and his Snip-Snap BoysLeopold, the See-Through CrumbpickerKangaroo for Christ...
My daughter inspired this title. We were trying to get her to go for a walk in the woods, promising her a good yarn. She replied, "Your stories ain't worth the walk." ...
The town has been so long gonethere at the side of the quiet riverthe factory wears rust. Sidewalks empty. A dead bird turned to a skeleton. Uncle Sam’s Gas is on the skids. The weeds are growing over. A heron walked long legs in the plot. So many houses have broken windows where people whispered out. A car scrapes by, taped together. That was when they swept in. Like a dream in their white limousines. They got out and started to unwind tape...
These are photos from my walk at lunch todayup on the towerwhere in my bookThe Mermaid Translationthe gondola strings down. Looking around the bay.Back on the groundI discovered a mysterious new species of metal spider...