Flotsam and Jetsam from a Book Tour…

(Some of the flotsam brought back–things people gave me, places I went, hotels I stayed in, traffic tickets I got, and more. Not including the cookies Emily Jiang baked for me or the fig bread Caren Gussoff made. Or the freebie books all the great indie bookstores gifted me with. For a larger version of the photo, click here.)

I thought I'd be getting away from book tour stuff soon, but the fact is that when you're away from home for 44 days, things pile up and even the things you bring back ...