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ken b

ken b

playing some tuned-down guitars of doom
raising a pup
reading a book
drinking a good cup of coffee...dark, fair-trade organic, people!
fixing up a house and 10 acres of land...creating a magical place of sense
listening to pandora radio--black sab & mastodon to steve earle, hag & hank III to old metal, tom waits, the boss,... more »
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  • evan

    evan says

    thanks for the friend request! i am taking notes on what to read next...

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Jen G

    Jen G says

    Yeah, knulp was a good book. It's one I want to reread, because I feel it gave me a lot to think about at the time I read it. I love Hermann Hesse, he's one of my favorite authors.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Sagecoveredhills

    Sagecoveredhills says

    thanks for the invite--looking at your favorites, I see Abbey and I've just returned from his country! You asked about the recommendation... If you like Tom Waits, try reading Richard Ford's short story collection, Rock Springs. I just finished John Kennedy Toole's, "A Confederacy of Dunces" and it's great.

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • cirrostratus

    cirrostratus says

    You asked if I could rec a novel--looking at your books, you might want to try reading some of "champion mojo storytelle"r Joe R. Lansdale's stuff, like "Lost Echoes" "The Bottoms", "Bubba Ho Tep", etc..

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • sthurner

    sthurner says

    Hello Ken, interesting shelf you've assembled. I don't see any John McPhee or Bill Bryson. McPhee's Coming Into the Country is a favorite of mine, a series of essays about settlers in Alaska, and the very funny nonfiction account of walking the Appalacian Trail, A Walk in the Woods, by Bill Bryson might be titles you would enjoy. Welcome to Shelfari.

    Sherry

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Pat St. T.

    Pat St. T. says

    Hey, looks like we read some of the same stuff! I read "Little Bee" last month and highly recommend it. It's a great story about African immigrants in England, discrimination, and the atrocities occuring in Nigeria (as elsewhere in Africa). I'm currently reading something fun, different: "The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie." I read a few mysteries but am not hooked; this one has a fun 11-year-old narrator with a clear, mock-serious voice. Change of pace!

    posted 4 months ago. ( send a note )
  • Philip Swanstrom Shaw

    Philip Swanstrom Shaw says

    thanks for connecting, Ken! Yep, that was espresso – Caffe Vitta variety in that case, although, I don't really have a loyalty – except to say NO to Starbuck's. And yes, Top Pot is also delicious. I know the guys who run that whole operation – pretty delicious, except for, of course, that they wholesale doughnuts to Starbuck's. Sensing a theme here...

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )
  • bjgryphon

    bjgryphon says

    You ARE a great detective! Bev

    posted 6 months ago. ( send a note )


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