[Here you go, list lovers. Don't spend all of your time reading Silverback Digest. Take an occasional break for a good book. This summer I've read Ulysses and Moby Dick. Then, to keep myself tittilated as I picked blackberries, a biography of Marilyn Monroe. (All on audio, I must confess.) Reading is fun, Silverbacks. SB... Continue Reading →
Back to the attic loft, celebrating the beauty of art while living in poverty?
by Silverback Bill Schubart (Hinesburg SBs) Lots of questions about what will happen with music, books and art, but no good answers yet. June 18, 2023, published originally in https://vtdigger.org/ Silverback Bill on his '49 Panhead 1977 [There's nothing that writers and musicians like to do more than get together with their fellow artists and... Continue Reading →
A Man Goes on a Journey …
... a stranger comes to town = the only stories ever told. Things are good; things get bad; things get worse; things get better = The plot of every drama. We are admittedly book snobs here in The Jungle. We read 'em, we write 'em, we worship 'em. Here's a summary of some of the... Continue Reading →
Silverbelle C. Jane is Working Her Ass Off
[Silverbelle Jane is on the road, promoting the hell out of her book, Spirit Traffic. You can order yours at https://cjanetaylor.com/ SB SM] We thought we had enough gas and rolled through the eye-blink town of Shaniko (population 18, we later learned) enroute to Fossil, Oregon 36 miles away according to Google maps. My bike... Continue Reading →
Great Bookstores, Part 1
[Thanks to Silverback Peter (Hollywood SBs) for forwarding this. Remember when you you used to have great bookstores IN YOUR TOWN? I know, kids, this sounds unbelievable. SB SM] Shakespeare and Company, Paris, France Shakespeare and Company is arguably the most famous independent bookstore in the world. Located at the edge of the river Seine in... Continue Reading →
More Irish Book Recommendations
Silverbelle Deborah published https://silverbackdigest.com/2021/08/27/book-recommendations-from-ireland/ Writes Silverbelle Deborah McDermott: "So, around the time I published my most recent blog about Irish authors, I put out an APB to the members of my book group and asked them to list some of their favorite books/authors. I wanted to get my blog out as soon as possible, so... Continue Reading →
The Smeltdog Man
"I brushed the crumbs off of the fish and back onto the counter, threw the smelts in the frying pan while I got the eggs out of the fridge and cracked one." The Smeltdog Man is the story of how a Cape Bretoner marshalled his accidental invention, a marijuana-induced, munchie-inspired Smeltdog, into the most successful fast... Continue Reading →
How the Hastings Boys Became Bookworms
(Don't forget, next week is Image Week. If you have a painting, illustration, or image you would like to include, email it to me. SB SM) by SB Alec (Vermont SBs) “What was one of your favorite stories as a child?” When this question landed in my inbox this morning, I was reading a passage... Continue Reading →
Book Review … Being Mortal
Being Mortal reviewed by Michael Potts Two healthy septuagenarians, my wife and I often read to each other at tea time, on the principle that hours so spent enrich. At the risk of Too Much Information, may I amend that to chai time? Being Californians, ours never has been a conventional arrangement, and we do... Continue Reading →