Dinosaur Speak

Years ago I was a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. I was particularly taken in 1978 when his fourth album came out--"Darkness on the Edge of...

I must be nuts (o.k., I am nuts). I am completely enthralled by books, and particularly the books I'm publishing here at Round Bend Pres...

Charles Deemer doesn't mess around. He has already designed the cover for the Round Bend Press edition of "In My Old Age," wh...

A proof copy of "Morandi's Bottles," by K.C. Bacon, will arrive in the mail in a few days. I don't anticipate any problems...

I tried to have dinner at Rialto tonight. But my order of pulled pork sliders didn't arrive. When the blond bimbo set the tacos in front...

My great friend Roger Blakely III died a year ago in a bizarre tragedy on the freeway near Albany, Oregon. Attempting to cross the road on ...

This one is too focused to ignore, too right on, too near the essence: "If protecting civilians from evil dictators was the goal, thoug...

A friend of mine once said, regarding basketball, "Do they still use one ball in that game?" Funny line, I used it in an ad I put ...

A small favor (or something) You know I am full of bullshit but I request of you a small favor (please) play along Listen we haven’t time to...

In conversation with a friend over the weekend about things worth reading, I discovered my pal wasn't familiar with this tremendous Weld...

I'm ripping some Billy Bragg into my computer, testing Billy's egalitarian streak. No royalties, baby. But you are the best. I'm...

David Brooks, of New York Times punditry fame, weighs in with a re-evaluation of Samuel Huntington's famous essay and later book, "...

To My Muse Early in the Morning 1 the touch of your fingers on my balls! the drunkard’s wine the killer’s bullet not even they compar...

Any questions? TS

The line came to me and I really didn't know what to do with it. So I turned it into something that may or may not resemble a poem. Th...