source Over the past month or so, I've scored a nice bunch of vintage books online (and not as I would have preferred, digging ...

source 2014 was a great reading year. In fact, I read so many wonderful books that it was more difficult than ever to cull my absolute...

Detail from a J.C. Leyendecker Saturday Evening Post cover. Wishing my family and all my friends, a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!  

source MERRY CHRISTMAS! May God bless us every one.

With your indulgence, this is a revamp of previous Christmas film posts. Nothing new is ever added, I stubbornly hold to the belief that no...

I've been ill - spent Thanksgiving bed-ridden and feeling very 'woe is me' - you know how that goes. I'm slowly getting bac...

Dee Nickerson - source Snow is a'coming round the bend on the morrow - or so they promise. Plus it's Thanksgiving Weekend as ...

Four years ago, a vicious, methamphetamine-laced armed robber named Gregory North (known as ' Upper North ') killed two guards in...

THE LION AND THE BIRD by French Canadian graphic designer and illustrator Marianne Dubuc. The Best Children's Books and Pictur...

Mary Englebreit  source It's movie poster day! (You know how I love great film posters.) I found the following (except for ...

Click on the painting to see a larger view. Source . A painting I came across on my internet 'travels'. I'd never heard of ...

This is a readjustment of a post from November, 2010. I thought it was time to talk about my favorite Robert Parker book once again.  E...

A short post today, feeling a bit wonky: THE GRAND ILLUSION (1937) aka La Grande Illusion , a French film directed by Jean Reno...

A soldier celebrates Thanksgiving. J.C. Leyendecker, 1917. On Veteran's Day  please take a moment to remember the brave men and w...

Some of you may know that I am a big fan of Martha Grimes' Richard Jury books - in fact, I've read them all. But most of you know...