“In 1917,” Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams begins, Robert Grainier took part in an attempt on the life of a Chinese laborer caught, or anyway accused of, stealing from the company stores of the Spokane International Railway in the Idaho Panhandle. A man orphaned early and raised by relatives he leaves at the first opportunity to…
Quote: “There are new shadows over the pens created by the solar arrays. It’s a large canopy that offers a form of protection. Now, with the absence of the noise of the turbines and disturbance of the fuel delivery vessels, the farm is an ocean oasis. The fish farmers are thrilled, but who’s moved into the basement?”…
From Liz Ruskin in the Alaska At-Large newsletter. (Subscribe here) As part of our election coverage, we send questions to candidates and compile the answers in a handy candidate comparison tool. This year, the voter guide is a collaboration of four media organizations: Alaska Public Media, the Anchorage Daily News, the Alaska Beacon and Juneau public radio…
Read more Which is why we only hear from Dan once every six years.
[From Publisher’s Weekly, who gives you three free articles before you have to subscribe, so you should be able to read this without hassle.] The catalog draws from a broad range of genres, including contemporary romance, science fiction, horror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, and adventure. Among the standout titles are the sci-fi saga The Vela: Part 1,…
Cal Hooper ends his relationship with the Chicago Police Department and his wife at about the same time and retires to a farm in western Ireland because it looked prettier than any of the others he saw for sale online. He doesn’t tell anyone he was a cop in his other life but this is…
Fun! Click through and give it a try. (h/t Kottke) Headline: Voters question gubernatorial candidates in Anchorage speed dating-style event Dana sez, This actually sounds kinda cool, and they should do it again after the primary has winnowed the field down to four candidates. Read the full story here. (Alaska Public Media) Love this. (h/t…
I was sorting through the pantry and this surfaced. There was dust on the top and I thought “Hmmm.” Then I turned it over to look at the sell-by date. Trump wasn’t even in office for the first time yet. And before you ask, no. That can has been permanently retired.
‘I’m always on tap for romance or chocolate that’s bittersweetYou can always count on me…’ Some of the best song lyrics ever written.
