This is the cover of the latest edition of Little Follies. Cover image: Claude Monet, The Harbor at Trouville (1870, detail) This is the book’s…
Little Follies, “Do Clams Bite?” Chapter 2 begins: THE DOOR AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS was fitted with glass panes from top to bottom, and…
Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 14 continues
Little Follies, “Life on the Bolotomy,” Chapter 11 begins: The only decent fishing along the Bolotomy is found at a spot known as Andy Whitley’s Gall…
Little Follies, “Call Me Larry,” Chapter 11: MARIE, THE PETERSES’ MAID, made my heart go pit-a-pat the moment she first appeared in one of the…
🎧 95: Porky took a swallow of beer . . .Listen now (4 min) | Little Follies, “The Fox and the Clam,” the Preface continues, read by the author
I’m taking a break from posting from August 16 through August 20 while I prepare the launch of the Personal History podcast—every episode, read to you…
Little Follies, “The Fox and the Clam,” the Preface continues: Porky took a swallow of beer and ate another onion ring before he spoke. “Well,” he said…
Little Follies, “Take the Long Way Home,” Chapter 14 concludes: Inside, Mrs. McCall helped me lace my skates.     “All right, Peter,” she said at last.
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🎧 124: When report cards were . . .Listen now (7 min) | Little Follies, “The Girl with the White Fur Muff,” Chapter 1, read by the author
🎧 133: In one miserable week . . .Listen now (2 min) | Little Follies, “The Girl with the White Fur Muff,” Chapter 9, read by the author