Richard Brautigan on writers

 

“I will be very careful the next time I fall in love, she told herself. Also, she had made a promise to herself that she intended on keeping. She was never going to go out with another writer: no matter how charming, sensitive, inventive or fun they could be. They weren't worth it in the long run. They were emotionally too expensive and the upkeep was complicated. They were like having a vacuum cleaner around the house that broke all the time and only Einstein could fix it. She wanted her next lover to be a broom.”

― Richard Brautigan, Sombrero Fallout

Playing Favorites

 

Here’s an attaboy to brighten my day.

The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter made King River Life Magazine Staff Favorite Books of 2022.
https://kingsriverlife.com/01/28/king-river-life-staff-favorite-books-of-2022/

Stumbling across the internet

 And speaking of stumbling across while googling, Randall Stock, Holmes scholar, has a list of "the best choices for new fans, and a separate section with the best new items produced in 2022." And there I am, wedged right between Nicholas Meyer and Nancy Springer. Good company. Thanks, Randall!

For the entire list, check here: https://www.bestofsherlock.com/sherlock-gifts.htm

The Textbook for this class

 It's amazing what you'll stumble across when googling.

Lifelong Learners: An Independent Collaborative (an outfit out of Boston, apparently) offered a course last year called The Mysterious World of Art Crime, Fictional and Factual.

This is the list of course materials:

Books and Other Resources:

The Art Forger, B.A. Shapiro

The Rembrandt Affair, Daniel Silva

Stealing Mona Lisa, Carson Morton

The Strange Case of the Dutch Painter, Timothy Miller

Painted Ladies, Robert Parker

The Art Thief, Noah Charney

The Raphael Affair, Ian Pears

Now I nothing about this outfit or whether, like the Ted Baxter Famous Newscasters School, they only attracted one student. And no, I don't know whether the course will be repeated (Although if you want to rise up as a mob and demand it, go HERE .)

But it's nice to be included, one way or another.

Ted Baxter Famous Newscasters School.