Home Again

I’m back!  It was hard to leave the Vineyard, as it always is, but wonderful to get back to London, despite the white skies and constant construction noise.  Did you miss me?  I can honestly say I actually did miss writing to all of you.  Although I wasn’t...

It's All in the Wrist

Tomorrow is my first US book signing!  As we often do on this island full of artists (especially after the fire at A Bunch of Grapes Bookstore), the event is being held at a friend’s house.  Let’s all pray for a beautiful DRY evening! But the hostess told...

Books for Free

Here’s something pretty cool.  My intrepid publisher has revealed for me (and now for you) the wonders of the site called Library Thing.  It seems to be a networking site for book lovers who like to show the world what books they have and what they think about...

Heart Failure?

We have all just learned of the death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn at the age of 89.  The cause, it is said, was heart failure. I don’t believe it.  No, I’m not stirring up trouble and proposing some new conspiracy theory.  I am saying something much more...