This morning I found four pennies inour driveway. This afternoon at workI found four pennies in the melted snow.You could almost make a living that way....
Friday, 28 February 2014
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Thursday, 20 February 2014
I've been enjoying Jon Klassen's booksTHIS IS NOT MY HAT andI WANT MY HAT BACK andespecially the book he made with Ted KooserTHE HOUSE HELD UP BY TREES Poet Ted Kooser wrote one of my favorite books LOCAL WONDERSwhich I'm excited to recall is constructed in seasons as my nextbook is too. It's an old Haiku wayto make a book.&nb...
Friday, 14 February 2014
Wednesday, 12 February 2014
I don't have anyone like The Colonel to help me promoteSAINT LEMONADE, but I have a list of 26 libraries tomail flyers to. It's a start, I reckon...That reminds me, one of these days I'll post mylittle book called ELVIS 42. That might have beenthe first self-published book I made. I still rememberthe horror of going into a bookstore and asking ifthey could sell it. Where was The Colonel the...
Saturday, 8 February 2014
Friday, 7 February 2014
I heard from the great artist andfriend Michael Paulus, who madethe cover for SAINT LEMONADE.I sent him two copies and he replied:"arrival today in the portland snow drifts.It is splendid!...will curl up with myinvisible dog and read by the fireplace."Mike and I met long ago and have many projects together.This is a reminder of our fatefulSuper-8 movie, CARUSO: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
Thursday, 6 February 2014
I got a message from the greatOhio poet and publisher Larry Smith.(Last week I mailed him a copy ofSAINT LEMONADE):"We've been passing your book aroundin the cold Ohio...we alternate betweenwatching tv and periods of reading andwork. I'm so pleased with the way thedrawings fit in with the writing...and thewriting is so light and smooth. It reallysings. Good work all around...thanks..." Larry also included this image fromKenneth Patch...
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