Early Entries for My Top Ten Covers 2008

This cover will definitely make my top ten list for the year. So witty.


And this one will make it for its graphic impact and evocative lettering...not to mention its uncanny ability to make me crave a plateful of Oreos.

Patron's Picks & Pans, 2008

Check out what what your fellow patrons are reading. The newsletter Patron's Picks & Pans is a selection of book comments penned by members of the Summer Sleuths, the summer reading program for adults.

You view it here:
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/showlist.html?sid=6131&list=CNL2

And you can have new issues delivered to your mailbox by signing up here:
http://www.booksite.com/texis/scripts/bookletter/addnluser.html?sid=6131

Steinbeck Festival

Here is a link to the schedule for this year's Steinbeck Festival -- "Steinbeck & Mexico" will take place August 7th through 10th in Salinas. This four-day event features all sorts of talks, tours, screenings, and visual and performing arts.

http://www.steinbeck.org/eblast/online/fest08blastO.html

Photos from Chinatown Trip

I've posted pictures from our Chinatown trip on Flickr.com. Feel free to download any you'd like to keep. Kudos to the photographer Bill Sherwood for remembering to bring his camera and for taking such fine photos!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27957500@N03/