My search for wood chips paid extra dividends.
by admin | Nov 22, 2020 | Blog
A contract crew was in our neighborhood recently trimming trees away from power lines. I walked across the road to ask the crew chief if he would dump a couple loads from his woodchipper so I could line my garden paths. He said he would be glad to. Green woodchips...
Cletus
by admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Blog
This blog I started more than seven years ago was intended to be about books and writing. I find myself, however, occasionally slipping into something else I love – dogs. In a blog post from last April, I reflected on Willie, my writing dog. Today’s post is devoted to...
by admin | Jan 25, 2020 | Blog
My books – PAPERBOY and COPYBOY – have been published in 15 languages, but there’s a new wrinkle that is intriguing. PAPERBOY has just come out in a bilingual edition, Romanian and English. In the 366-page book, English is on the left and Romanian is on the...
by admin | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog
One of the joys of having books published in this age of instant communication is hearing from readers. In the last seven years I’ve heard from hundreds (dare I say “more than a thousand”), but every now and then one comes along that stops me in my tracks....
by admin | Jan 21, 2020 | Blog
The new Whippoorwill Award goes annually to ten distinguished books of fiction for young adults that deal with rural people and places. The books chosen for the award should: • Address universal truths, problems, topics and issues. • Have an enduring quality that...