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Post-eclipse angst?

I’m lingering in Duluth. The eclispe-that-never-happened is on no one’s mind here though the echo of the librarian’s microphoned voice has barely dissipated.

I’ve begun my revision of Twelve: lives with(out) drink, pulling back on that author-horse that wants to run away with the wagon. No galloping.

From Solstice to Equinox and afar

Solstice Tour ended with book lovers in Minacqua and a crowd, all day long, celebrating art and literature in Bayfield.

So the Equinox begins with the big event, Hoghead Days in Proctor, August 19 (forecast for sun after T-storms Friday) and winds through bookstores in the north and west, on to FinnFest 2017 in Minneapolis, through more independent bookstores in Iowa and Wisconsin, and ends back in St. Paul with the Twin Cities Rain Taxi book fair, October 13-14.

Follow along. The itinerary will appear here in pieces as it approaches along with reporting on what needs telling from the road.

Item one already shared on Tim Jollymore.facebook is the film SAMI BLOOD,   a film opening Thursday, August 24, at Zinema 2, 7 pm, in Duluth. If you’re in town, come. Meet me in the lobby.

 

 

The Book Hugger – case closed

The last days of The Solstice tour were very productive. Thanks to the two hundred and fifty-three new readers in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan’s upper peninsula, and to the thirty-six hosting booksellers.

This is what we all work for, a book lover loving a book!

Stay tuned for the next incarnation: The Equinox tour beginning August 19 in Proctor, Minnesota and ending October 14 at the Twin Cities Book Festival.

Tune into my interview about LAKE STORIES

Wednesday, July 13 at 8:20 am on KUMD 103.3 FM | Duluth Public Radio