by jlo | Aug 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
FYI I’ve recently added an Events tab at the top of this website to keep track of my upcoming book-related appearances. Here are some comings and goings taking place this fall: Saturday, September 17: A Roaring Twenties-themed book launch party! Kokanee Coffee,...
by jlo | Aug 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
http://www.buffalorising.com/2016/08/chautauqua-amp-final-days/ This article from David Steele at Buffalo Rising makes me sad. The iconic Chautauqua Ampitheater in New York will be torn down this week. In Steele’s words, “It becomes what it is over time,...
by jlo | Aug 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
I had the pleasure of watching Lucky Star on TCM the other night. It was produced in 1929, one of the last silent films to come out of Twentieth Century Fox before the talkie era. It is a sweet, if fairly predictable, romance about two World War I vets–one a...
by jlo | Aug 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
“There would be cool blue shadows on the north porch where the pines were thickest about the hotel, a wonderful spot to come with a book before the world was generally astir. There would be the aroma of coffee, honeydew melons and toast, hot rolls just out of...
by jlo | Aug 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
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