[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 →
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 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 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 →
[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 →
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 →
"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 →
(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 →
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 →
