Category Archives: Shop Talk

Book Promotion Time

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Howard

I’ll be driving across Massachusetts next Friday to do a reading from The Collected Wendel at Boston’s Calamus Bookstore. The fun starts at 7. Continue reading →

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Santas and Snowboys

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Howard

Whenever possible I try to do a new holiday-themed drawing as each calendar year draws to a close. Continue reading →

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Skit Season

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Howard

A gaggle of us Main Street Stage thespians are gearing up for the organization’s annual collection of holiday-related skits and foolishness. Continue reading →

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Our Landlordly Endeavors

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Howard

Our rental apartment upstairs has been vacant since the end of October. Landlords don’t like having empty apartments. Continue reading →

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Theatrics on Main Street

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Howard

Exactly who are the disreputable-looking individuals you see below? Continue reading →

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From Headrack to Clawboy

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Howard

My new book was honored with a generous write-up in the December 10 installment of Larry Murray‘s Gay in the Berkshires blog. Continue reading →

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Here We Go Again!

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Howard
"Those silly boys, breaking their backs shoveling snow out there!" thinks Lulu.

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Zipatone, Hair, and Really, Really Lengthy Avalanches

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Howard
Thanks to an archaeological find rivaling the 1947 discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, a childhood friend of mine has sent me the concluding 53 pages of a horror novel I wrote when (as best I can deduce) I was roughly twelve years old.

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Face Time Online

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Howard

I have an uneasy relationship to Facebook. I migrated to it after MySpace’s interface became impenetrably complex and for now have settled in, despite misgivings. Continue reading →

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Our Plane to Spain…

Posted on August 8, 2008 by Howard

Our plane to Spain will fly mainly in the rain (according to the local weather predictors). Actually, it’ll be our plane to Philadeplphia getting rained on, most likely. Continue reading →

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