Now THAT’S a rock star! I’m trying to remember the first time I encountered Henry Huggins. Back in the fifties, you didn’t learn how to read before you went to school, not even in kindergarten, reading was for the first grade. My younger sister Wendy always told us she could read at three, but I […]

1 When I was in fifth grade Mr. Luti had a metal box where you placed  your book reports. These were for pseudo credit. Kind of like when he asked everybody to tell him how much time they watched PBS. I didn’t watch it at all, but I said something like three and a half […]

https://amzn.to/3v2tdxR If this were a record, it would be the album of the year. I’m not talking about a worthless Grammy, I’m talking about the one everybody would be talking about, would be wowed by, something that would push the envelope and herald the dawning of a new age. Kind of like “Nevermind.” But even […]

https://amzn.to/39UAxSE This is an incredible book. I’d been reading S.A. Cosby’s “Blacktop Wasteland,” and it was mildly interesting, although my mind still did wander, I’d get a hankering to look at my phone, I’d go down the internet rabbit hole, I’d force myself to get back to the book and then I’d repeat the process. […]