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A Jetsons Moment
Last night I was driving the rental car I call Starship Enterprise back from Boulder to Denver - the Boulder Bookstore is terrific, three floors of books, a cafe, and outdoor courtyard, smart staff who like to read-- anyway, I'm on the four lane highway, in the dark,...
Globe Review Note (Sorry Kevin)
I was in a hurry and cut and pasted the Globe review right in, loving the first line, and not really reading the rest. Well, I just did, (I'm back from Boulder and winding down before another big day tomorrow- ) and so I need to make a correction or perhaps a...
Taking Care of Dogs and Words
(This same post is on 49 Writers, where I’m guest blogging this month. I wrote it Friday in Anchorage.) For my first reading in Anchorage the microphone was broken. One thing I learned from the accident I write about in Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs, is...
Boston Globe Review
The Globe has weighed in... and they like it! (I love the first line...) Here's the whole review: TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE GARDEN AND THE DOGS: Family, Friendships, and Faith in Small-Town Alaska By Heather Lende Algonquin, 304 pp., $22.95 Take a hike, Sarah Palin....
So Far, So Good
The first two events of my book tour went well, I think. Title Wave in Anchorage and Fireside Books in Palmer both sold out. (And so people bought a bunch more of the first book, If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name.) I blogged about the Title Wave reading for the...
Anchorage Tonight
See you in Anchorage tonight, if you live there, and know my name, that is. I'll be at Title Wave books at 6:30, with a Haines slide show that wowed Eliza's second graders yesterday when I practiced my presentation on them. They helped me plant the garden, too. I'll...