Just some snake stuff that I've collected recently. Expect these updates with alarming frequency in the coming months.
1. Stacey O'Brien, author of the owl-themed memoir, Wesley the Owl, had this tidbit on her blog last month.
My Dad was bitten by a rattlesnake when he was about 16, but he had smuggled it into his room and was keeping it as a pet, unbeknownst to his parents! He had tamed… (Read More)
First, I'll be joining Cyrus A. Webb on Blog Talk Radio: Conversations Live on June 10 at noon Central Standard Time. You can listen live or come back later for the archived episode.
Second, I'll be at Brookdale Library in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, on June 18 at 7 PM. I'll be reading from Mudville as part of an evening of baseball-themed… (Read More)
I set out to read a bunch of books in May, and I did so. Most are even the ones I meant to read. One can click through to my GoodReads to see all my reviews, but in passing I'll talk about the two I didn't mean to read, but read by accident: The Good God Pig, by Sy Montgomery, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society… (Read More)
I visited two schools this week, but kicked off the week by again reading at the Reading Tree at Midway Park before a Saints game. The action now takes place out around second base, and the turnout was great. Since the kids at these events are a little young for Mudville, I read another homage to the great Casey at the Bat, Casey Back at Back by Dan Gutman. It… (Read More)
You might have heard Bob Dylan singing a song once about Highway 61, which back in the day ran from New Orleans to Grand Portage on the Minnesota/Ontario border, passing by Bobby Z's hometown of Hibbing.
Interstate 35 deprecated the relevance of Highway 61 but there's still a stretch of 61 from Duluth to Grand Portage running along the northwestern shore of Lake Superior.
I threw a book into an auction to help a young author. I plan to sweeten the pot in unexpected ways for the winner. I haven't even decided what those ways will be, but I'll throw something awesome into the envelope for the winner.
You HAVE to follow the first link to see the "possibly related" links. I want to know your theory of how me throwing a book… (Read More)
I've recently been on a tour of readings by the other guys, i.e., other guys who write baseball books for kids, which by chance have been lately blowing through Minneapolis like the smell of lilacs in May.
First on the miniature tour was Mick Cochrane, whom I've blogged about before. He's a local guy, back in town for a day or so, and I caught his reading from The… (Read More)
I have at least 100 books I've acquired and not read, possibly 200. I counted nearly 100 at the beginning of 2008 and swore to get through them all without buying any new ones, and lapsed horribly, reading maybe a dozen and picking up twice that many.
Since then I've bought a bunch of books, and I've gotten some copies of things my generous editor sends me some from time… (Read More)
