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Book review: The Garbage Brothers go to the fair

The Garbage Brothers go to the fair Summer officially arrived this week, and that means state and county fairs with all their quilts and goats and marmalades and cotton-candy glory are just around the corner. I’ll be meeting fairgoers and selling and signing copies of my novel “The Garbage Brothers[Read More…]

June 27, 2023 by George Custer Comments are Disabled

Book review: THE BOTANY OF DESIRE

THE BOTANY OF DESIRE by Michael Pollan Copyright: 2001 By ROBERT WOODSON/for The Herald — Back several years ago when Jean and I would spend a few nights each week watching Public Television, Michael Pollan’s show was a favorite. So it was good to find his book “THE BOTANY OF[Read More…]

April 25, 2023 by George Custer Comments are Disabled

Book Review: the Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

By ROBERT WOODSON/for The Herald — Warning – this will make your brain hurt if you put any effort at all into understanding Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the quest for the Ultimate Theory or what Mr. Greene calls T.O.E. – THE THERORY OF EVERYTHING. The copyright on this publication is 1999[Read More…]

April 22, 2023 by George Custer Comments are Disabled

Book report: Lincoln and the Fight for Peace

By ROBERT WOODSON/for The Herald — Our book club pick for this month is: LINCOLN and the Fight for Peace, by John Avlon. “Human-nature will not change. In any future great national Trail, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and As strong as silly[Read More…]

April 19, 2023 by George Custer Comments are Disabled

WORDCRAFTER BIO

By ROBERT WOODSON/for The Herald — That’s right, it is 5 a.m. and a few words came to me that might work for this Bio assignment from the editor. Looking for inspiration and a place to start last night I went back to Nan Merrick Phifer’s “MEMOIRS OF THE SOUL”.[Read More…]

December 19, 2022 by George Custer Comments are Disabled