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That’s a lot of ways

Pic posted December 24, 2014

Antique Mall book


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Writers

Posted December 4, 2014

As I sit in a cabin on the remote, frozen shores of Lake Vermilion in far northern Minnesota, I’m wirelessly connected to the whole world via magic (and some thin copper lines). Page after page of great writing awaits to be read, while music by talented songwriters floats by in the background (Sia’s Breathe Me, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Richard Thompson).

Project Reverb has started again and Meredith has already written one of my favorite sentences on day three:

How funny that a stupid electric staircase – a modern marvel! – could come to quietly represent all of my anxieties and fears and failures in one humming, throbbing, metallic, snaggle-toothed loop.

Good writers are such a joy.


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Finally finished another one

Pic posted November 10, 2014

Caddies at the Old Course are an interesting lot


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School conference book sale

Pic posted November 6, 2014

Dewey is awesome (and apparently has nine lives)


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Yes, yes it is

Pic posted October 31, 2014

Dillon’s awesome (little) apartment in Queens


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Interesting book titles

Pic posted August 15, 2014

The Weinery library


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Link: Second Player, First

Linked August 6, 2014


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Something for SK

Pic posted July 26, 2014

The Squirrel Book @ Patina


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The little reader

Pic posted May 22, 2014

Concussed and all


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Great Vegas history book

Pic posted May 22, 2014

Just finished this week – highly recommended. Get it here


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Link: Nice review for Joe’s book

Linked January 9, 2014


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Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Quote posted September 7, 2013


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I took fifteen speed pills, and I got into a contest with Liza Minnelli over who could roar most like a jaguar. She simply sounded like a stupid lion.

— Ayn Rand

Quote posted August 27, 2013


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You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…

— Dr. Seuss

Quote posted August 21, 2013


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There’s only one rule that I know of, babies – God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.

— Kurt Vonnegut

Quote posted July 18, 2013


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19 percent of Americans do 79 percent of all our (non-required) book readin’

— Codex Group

Quote posted April 1, 2013


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My latest read

Pic posted March 8, 2013

From Fields to Fairways, Classic Golf Clubs of Minnesota by Rick Shefchik


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First book I’ve finished in ages

Pic posted February 13, 2013

Amen Corner by Rick Shefchik – very entertaining read for golfers


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Tintin au Tibet

Pic posted November 9, 2012

Used bookstore find of the month


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If a man of pure heart were to fall in love with her, that would bring her back to life.

— Sleeping Beauty

Quote posted October 6, 2012


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How Music Works

Pic posted September 14, 2012

How Music Works Book Tour, David Byrne and Steve Seel, History Theater, St. Paul, Minnesota


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A fair is a rat’s paradise.

— E.B. White

Quote posted July 27, 2012


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You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.

— Ray Bradbury

Quote posted June 6, 2012


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Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Quote posted March 5, 2012


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Shelves and shelves and shelves of these

Pic posted January 3, 2012

The “relationship” section at Sixth Chamber Books, Saint Paul, Minnesota


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