It's interesting that when contemplating a new project mid year 2019, I turned to an old piece that I had originally started back in High School. (long time ago in a galaxy far, far away). Catcher in the Rye isn't one of my favorite books, but I respect the emotional connection many people have with the work. One image I retained from the book was of Salinger's Holden Caulfield standing in the field of rye ready to catch the children if they come too close to the cliff. I the

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame Do you remember the first time you read The Wind in the Willows? Or who read it to you? My family had a wonderful edition illustrated by Paul Bransom. I was flipping through the color plates long before I could actually understand the words. There is something calming in the spirit in this book even as Mole is pinched with spring fever and hurries out of doors to bump into Rat who knows the river like the back of his paw and introduces