What are Your Favorite Books, Movies, and Music from 2014
Here’s the list of titles that I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading, listening to, and watching over the last twelve months. My list includes some old, some new, and some rediscovered titles and authors....
View ArticleAre You Wasting Time? Or Learning?
Here’s my alter Leg-O. The website (+) has many pirate-themed parts to build your Picture Yourself in Plastic Mini-Mizer but unfortunately, no one-legged options. It should be included in the book I’m...
View Article2015 Recommendations
Books Nonfiction In the Sanctuary of Outcasts, Neil White Scorsese: A Retrospective, Tom Shone Steal like an Artist, Austin Kleon Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck What we See When we Read, Peter...
View ArticleDo you know Annie Easley?
On Saturday, I had a high school student come up to the reference desk with her mom. Her mom said, “Go ahead, ask him.” “Good morning, can I help?” “I’m looking for information on Annie Easley.” Do...
View ArticleNeed Some April Reading?
I’m hoping the March showers will bring April flowers here in Lower Alabama. In the meantime, here’s some links to an article on relationships, the great global nonfiction versus fiction debate, and...
View ArticleYou Have a Book?
Why Yes, I do, and I’m very excited and humbled to finally share my writing with readers. What’s it about? (from the back cover) Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs is a diverse collection of...
View ArticleOn Sale Now!
Click on the photo or here to buy the print book from Amazon. Also available as a Kindle Book. What are People Saying? Alan Samry’s kaleidoscopic book, Stump the Librarian is at once a glorious...
View ArticleStump Gets Reviewed in Amplitude
So excited to see a review of Stump the Librarian: A Writer’s Book of Legs! Check out the review at Amplitude, an online and print magazine with the tagline “Powerful, Practical, and Positive Living...
View ArticleWhat Have You Been Doing?
Whether it’s an entry into a journal, a note about a book I’m reading, or revision, revision, revision, writing is my passion, hobby, profession, and most important these days, a distraction. With that...
View ArticleIs There a Best of 2020? What’s Up for 2021? Remember Steve?
Now that we are well into the new year, I’m posting my best of 2020. It’s a short list. The best book of 2020 is a fellow Pensters Writing Group member. Looking for a sweeping generational women’s...
View ArticleBest Reads and Leg Stories from 2021
These are my favorites from 2021! Buy a copy or check them out at your local public library. Saving Bay Haven: A Charming Town with a Dirty Secret, Karyn Tunks Wayfaring Stranger, James Lee Burke...
View ArticleBooks In Return
It’s been a week for books! The first book arrived in the mail, a thank you for blurbing a friend’s book. Kathie Farnell asked me to say some kind words for the back cover of her book, Tie dyed:...
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