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Today we debut Getting Outside Saturday. Every Saturday, some thoughts about nature, mostly cheerful.
Okay, time to get serious...where the hell did I put my Danny Woodhead shirt?
Feb 4, 2012 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Getting Outside Saturday: Winter Color
Feb 3, 2012 | Posted in
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A Few More Ballads
Feb 1, 2012 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday, Superbowl Edition: VINCE WILFORK, C’EST MOI
Jan 31, 2012 | Posted in
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Game Ball! (Superbowl Teaser before tomorrow’s Bad Advice, Superbowl Edition)
Jan 30, 2012 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
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Reading Under the Influence
Henry Miller’s Commandments
Jan 29, 2012 | Posted in
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Don’t Let it Bring You Down
Jan 28, 2012 | Posted in
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The Ballad of Rocky Flats
Jan 27, 2012 | Posted in
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Put Your Best Photo Forward
Jan 26, 2012 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Our Best American Essays
Ultimate Glory
Jan 25, 2012 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: The Memory Game
Jan 24, 2012 | Posted in
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How the Gingrich Stole Christmas
Jan 23, 2012 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Read Local!
Jan 20, 2012 | Posted in
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Don't Talk About Politics
Letter to my Representative by Lia Purpura
Jan 19, 2012 | Posted in
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Reviewing My Reviewers: Part II
Jan 18, 2012 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Jack Yourself Up! (Through Rituals)
Jan 16, 2012 | Posted in
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The Little Sweep
Jan 15, 2012 | Posted in
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Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball
Jan 14, 2012 | Posted in
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AFTER THE GAME…
Jan 13, 2012 | Posted in
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Jerry
Jan 11, 2012 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday (Creative Nonfiction: What Kind of Roast Chicken IS This, Anyway?)
Jan 10, 2012 | Posted in
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Missy and Me
Jan 9, 2012 | Posted in
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Why Portland, Oregon, is the Coolest Literary City in the West
Jan 7, 2012 | Posted in
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Where’s Bildo?
Jan 4, 2012 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Spend a Week with Bill and Dave
Jan 1, 2012 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Happy New Year from Bill and Dave’s
Dec 30, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Getting Outside
Back on the Cape: An Elemental Interlude
Dec 28, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
10 Bad New Year’s Resolutions for Writers (Bad Advice Wednesday: The Holiday Edition)
Dec 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Merry Christmas!
Dec 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Mapping the Night Trees
Dec 23, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Getting Outside
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Our Best American Essays
Winter Solstice
Dec 21, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Writer, Edit Thyself!
Dec 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Audubon Christmas Bird Count 2011-2012
Dec 16, 2011 | Posted in
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My Wind Journey
Dec 14, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Don’t be Stupid
Dec 11, 2011 | Posted in
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Table For Two: Interviews
Table for Two: an Interview with Maureen Stanton
Dec 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Cover Me (Part III)
Dec 9, 2011 | Posted in
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Cover Me (Part II)
Dec 8, 2011 | Posted in
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My Amazon Revenge: Reviewing my Reviewer
Dec 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Bad Advice Wednesday: A List From John Lane
Dec 6, 2011 | Posted in
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Keep Hope Alive (In the South No Less)
Dec 3, 2011 | Posted in
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Don't Talk About Politics
Chester Greenwood Day: Our Parade
Dec 1, 2011 | Posted in
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Poker with Nelson Algren
Nov 30, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Do Something for Someone Else (30 Ideas for Writers)
Nov 29, 2011 | Posted in
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Maps and the Mind
Nov 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Seven Good Things About Fall
Nov 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Point of View, or Happy Thanksgiving from NYC
Nov 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Turn the Page
Nov 22, 2011 | Posted in
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Americature
Nov 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
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Reading Under the Influence
Visual Haiku
Nov 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Mr. Hopeless Redux
Nov 19, 2011 | Posted in
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Beyond Flipper
Nov 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Memoir, Don’t Do It!
Nov 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
The Top 10 Sexiest Nature Writers in History
Nov 13, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Don't Talk About Politics
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Getting Outside
Big Wind
Nov 11, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Why Thoreau Wouldn’t Drive a Prius
Nov 11, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Our Best American Essays
Learning to Surf
Nov 8, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Be Your Own Willy! Give Yourself a Minimum Word Count
Nov 6, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Reading Under the Influence
Furthur in Portland, Maine
Nov 3, 2011 | Posted in
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Random Doodle Day: Sketches From My Journal
Nov 2, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: The Annotated Table of Contents
Nov 1, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Our Big Year
Oct 30, 2011 | Posted in
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Reading Under the Influence
What Bloody Man is That? (a review of “Sleep no More”)
Oct 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wed: Accept Your Small Self; Strive to be Larger
Oct 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Are You a Megalomaniac? A Quiz For Writers
Oct 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Our Best American Short Stories
Harbinger Hall
Oct 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Captain Memoir Vs. Agent Man (Part III of Bill and Dave Comics)
Oct 20, 2011 | Posted in
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Reason 363 Why Mitt Romney Should not be President
Oct 19, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: The Journey Years
Oct 18, 2011 | Posted in
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The Meaning of Lance
Oct 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Table For Two: Interviews
Table for Two: An Interview with Lea Graham
Oct 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Our Best American Essays
Classic Bill: “Into Woods”
Oct 13, 2011 | Posted in
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Part Two of the Cartoon Adventures of Bill and Dave: The Perils of Blurb Hunting
Oct 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Don’t Write Scenes!
Oct 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Table For Two: Interviews
Table for Two: An Interview with Patricia Henley
Oct 6, 2011 | Posted in
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The Cartoon Adventures of Bill and Dave
Oct 5, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Just Write
Oct 4, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Confessions of a Nature Writer
Sep 30, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Green Headed Jelly Babies and Other Fruiting Bodies: Mushroom Day at Bill and Dave’s
Sep 28, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Really Bad Advice Wednesday: Accept Being Poor!
Sep 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Table For Two: Interviews
Table for Two: An Interview with John Clayton
Sep 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Boletus Edulis?
Sep 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Movies
Movie Time! The Tarball Trailer…..
Sep 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Movies
Bad Advice Wednesday Live!
Sep 19, 2011 | Posted in
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Nabucco in HD: Opera Too Close for Illusion
Sep 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Can Anderson Come out and Play?
Sep 15, 2011 | Posted in
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From Blog to Book
Sep 14, 2011 | Posted in
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Movies
Bad Advice Wednesday: Take Your Work to the Movies
Sep 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Big Reed Forest Reserve
Sep 8, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
The Author Photo
Sep 7, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Kill Your Internet, or, Writing in the Time of Harrison Bergeron
Sep 5, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Profusion
Aug 30, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Take a Workshop
Aug 30, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Topsail Island: A Photo Essay
Aug 27, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
Gold
Aug 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
The Perils of Irene: Will the Shack Survive?
Aug 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Bad Advice Wednesday: Break Your Book Out Into the World
Aug 23, 2011 | Posted in
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Don't Talk About Politics
Obamas and Ospreys: A Vacation Tip
Aug 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Don't Talk About Politics
Obama’s Summer Reading: A Look Inside
Aug 18, 2011 | Posted in
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Don't Talk About Politics
My Presidential Address: Obama and I go one on one….
Aug 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: The Character Files
Aug 12, 2011 | Posted in
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Getting Outside
A Moonlight Paddle
Aug 11, 2011 | Posted in
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We Are Not Alone: The Other Bill and Daves’
Aug 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Bad Advice Wednesday: Keep a Writing Chart
Aug 8, 2011 | Posted in
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Our Best American Short Stories
Blues Machine
Aug 5, 2011 | Posted in
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If Hemingway Wrote Portnoy’s Complaint
Aug 3, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Start a Writers Group?
Jul 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Our Best American Short Stories
Investigation
Jul 30, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Elvis Costello at the State
Jul 27, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Take Down your 10,000 Hours
Jul 26, 2011 | Posted in
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A Sad Ending, or at Least Compost
Jul 25, 2011 | Posted in
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Reading Under the Influence
Wuthering
Jul 21, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday (Thursday Edition): Take a Break
Jul 19, 2011 | Posted in
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The Spock Twins: The Death of the Death of Environmentalism
Jul 18, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
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Don't Talk About Politics
Health Insurance and the Independent Writer
Jul 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Our Best American Essays
Royal Visitor
Jul 13, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Don’t Write in THE FUTURE
Jul 11, 2011 | Posted in
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Marsh Man: The Trailer for My Green Manifesto
Jul 10, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Scraps from The Cutting Room Floor
Jul 8, 2011 | Posted in
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The Myth of Dan (The River Man)
Jul 6, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Wednesday is Bad Advice Day at Bill and Daves: The Cutting Principle
Jul 5, 2011 | Posted in
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A New Music
Jul 1, 2011 | Posted in
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Candling
Jun 29, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Lose the Suitcase!
Jun 26, 2011 | Posted in
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Reading Under the Influence
Reviewing The New Yorker’s Summer Reading Issue: Two Thumbs Up, both Mine
Jun 26, 2011 | Posted in
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The Return of Mr. Hopeless
Jun 24, 2011 | Posted in
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Crash and Burn: Bill and Dave come Back From the Brink
Jun 22, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Wednesday is Bad Advice Day: Getting Started (Fiction Edition)
Jun 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Mr. Hopeless
Jun 18, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
The Incremental Method
Jun 17, 2011 | Posted in
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My Father’s Voice
Jun 15, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Tough Guys Keep Journals (And You Should Too)
Jun 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Incubator
Jun 8, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Bad Advice Wednesday: Why Not Say What Happened?
Jun 7, 2011 | Posted in
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I Love You: Three Thoughts on Love
Jun 4, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
It’s Thank Your Editor Day at Bill and Dave’s!
Jun 1, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Wednesday is Bad Advice Day: How to Get on a Roll, or, The Value of Momentum
May 31, 2011 | Posted in
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Cover Me
May 30, 2011 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
A Few Pictures from my visit to Henry Beston’s beach with John Hay
May 28, 2011 | Posted in
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Another Night at the Opera
May 26, 2011 | Posted in
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The Poster Biz Part II: Attack on Reagan’s Head
May 25, 2011 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
May 25, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Wednesday is Bad Advice Day: Finding Time to Write
May 23, 2011 | Posted in
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NEVER HIT SEND, and Other Commandments for the Computer Age
May 20, 2011 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
Twelve Random Reading Observations
May 19, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Our Mutual Brain Damage (Special Guest Star: Clyde Edgerton)
May 18, 2011 | Posted in
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Cocktail Hour
Wednesday is Bad Advice Day: Rejection as Biofuel, or, Showing the Bastards
May 17, 2011 | Posted in
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Facebook Etiquette? Or: Bill and Dave’s is Starting a Fan Page (Hit “Like”!)
May 16, 2011 | Posted in
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Sure, Nature, But Not Too Much Nature, Please: On Snakes, Toads, Birds and Poets
May 14, 2011 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
“Just Kids” by Patti Smith
May 13, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Caution: End of the World
May 13, 2011 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
Shack Reading
May 12, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Self-Promotion Blues, or, Me and Jessica Lange
May 11, 2011 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Wednesday is Bad Advice Day: this week, The Secret of Getting Published (and your letters answered)
May 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Whose Woods These Are: A Public Letter to Our New Chancellor
May 9, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Don't Talk About Politics
Bill and Dave’s Kochtail Hour
May 6, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Writing About Real People (and their Houses)
May 4, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Farewell, My Lovely
Apr 29, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Gessner on Mailer (and others)
Apr 27, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Trickle Down Theory
Apr 24, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Reading Under the Influence
Three Wishes
Apr 22, 2011 | Posted in
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Happy Earth Day
Apr 20, 2011 | Posted in
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April Fools
Apr 16, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Reading Under the Influence
Apes of God
Apr 11, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Sidekicks
Apr 5, 2011 | Posted in
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Happy (Oily) Anniversary
Mar 28, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The High Side (an announcement)
Mar 22, 2011 | Posted in
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Building the Shack
Mar 16, 2011 | Posted in
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I Used to Play in Bands
I Used to Play in Bands is Back: Spinal Fusion Edition
Mar 10, 2011 | Posted in
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A Good Luck Gannet Day (Check out Gannet video below)
Mar 4, 2011 | Posted in
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Ergonomics
Feb 28, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
A Tribute to John Hay (1915–2011)
Feb 24, 2011 | Posted in
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And the Oscar for Revision Goes to….
Feb 17, 2011 | Posted in
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Our Favorite Story
Feb 10, 2011 | Posted in
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Late Night Cable, or, Tales of Recuperation
Feb 6, 2011 | Posted in
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For the Love of Work, or,Tea with Melville
Jan 31, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Learn to Type in Ten Days: Neck, Part III
Jan 28, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Wormtown: The Fate of Man
Jan 24, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
More from the Short Story Unit
Jan 21, 2011 | Posted in
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Occupational Hazards
Jan 18, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Making Of…(A Happy Story)
Jan 12, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
GET WELL SOON, BILL
Jan 7, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
On the Road–Again
Jan 4, 2011 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Churchill Wit
Dec 31, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
100 Ways to Celebrate Amateur’s Night
Dec 23, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Junger Envy: A Perfect, Rank Place
Dec 21, 2010 | Posted in
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Southern Drivers
Dec 14, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Lance Link, Secret Chimp
Dec 7, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Adventures of Mr. Id–Part VI
Dec 1, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Reference Season
Nov 26, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Adventures of Mr. Id–part 5
Nov 21, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Our Best American Short Stories
Thanksgiving
Nov 15, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Adventures of Mr. Id–part 4
Nov 11, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Border Patrol
Nov 7, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Adventures of Mr. Id–part 3
Nov 3, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Cowboy Words
Oct 31, 2010 | Posted in
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The Adventures of Mr. Id–part 2
Oct 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Ab of Steel
Oct 22, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Adventures of Mr. Id–Part 1
Oct 20, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
A Night at the Opera
Oct 15, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Ballad of Ed and Sally (All Dogs by Hadley Gessner)
Oct 11, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Corn Maze
Oct 8, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Attack of the Cashier
Oct 6, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Home and Cocktails
Oct 4, 2010 | Posted in
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Checking in With You, Gentle Dave
Oct 1, 2010 | Posted in
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Checking in With you, Dear Reader
Sep 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Odd Jobs #1: The Things A Writer Must Do (…an occasional series)
Sep 20, 2010 | Posted in
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Hair Thing
Sep 15, 2010 | Posted in
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My Danish Blood
Sep 13, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Writing End of Life Stories
Sep 8, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Goodbye to All That
Sep 3, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Kid of the Year
Aug 31, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Three and a half years later…
Aug 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Convocation! (With Ospreys…not seahawks)
Aug 26, 2010 | Posted in
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Two Hungry Davids
Aug 23, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Summer Reading: A Confession
Aug 19, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Day 12: Limping Homeward
Aug 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Ktaadn
Aug 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 11: Atlantis
Aug 9, 2010 | Posted in
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That’s Entertainment!
Aug 5, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 10: Beyond the Oiled Pelcian
Aug 3, 2010 | Posted in
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Reunion Season
Jul 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 9: Field Notes from an EPA Meeting
Jul 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 8: The River
Jul 26, 2010 | Posted in
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First Class
Jul 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 7: Castles and Shanties
Jul 21, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 6: The Green Sun Rises
Jul 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Katmai Air
Jul 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Me and Bobby McGee
Jul 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 5: Ecotones and Barriers
Jul 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 4: Of Forms and Fishermen, or, The British Are Coming/Here
Jul 13, 2010 | Posted in
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Day Three: A Dawn Walk
Jul 10, 2010 | Posted in
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McBride’s
Jul 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 2: Corexit, Ospreys, and The Tarball Wars
Jul 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Day 1: Baptism at Tarball Beach
Jul 5, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Kachemak Bay
Jul 1, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Sarcasm (wink, wink), or, Maybe Small Presses are Doomed too.
Jun 29, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Over Packed
Jun 25, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
A Graphic Novel Tournament
Jun 23, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
Drive Yourself Crazy with Thomas Wolfe
Jun 23, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Now for Some Old Time Nature Writing…The Oyster and the Oil
Jun 22, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Why I’m Going to the Gulf
Jun 17, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The House That We Built: A Nursery Rhyme For the Gulf
Jun 15, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
My Week at Nature (Writing) Camp (New, Improved Edition)
Jun 13, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Bill’s last known post from Kachemak Bay (Happy Solstice!)
Jun 11, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Rise of the Machines: Notes on the Literary Apocalypse
Jun 8, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Stopping Titan
Jun 7, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
On the Banks of the River Ose
Jun 4, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
PROPOSING (“Will you…”)
Jun 2, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Acceptable Lies and the Ghost of James Frey, (or, Against the Lit of Fact III)
May 30, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
The Fact of Literature (Part Two: Bill’s Take)
May 28, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Against a Literature of Fact (Part I. Dave’s Take.)
May 26, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
A Goodbye to Porn
May 24, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Message in a Bottle
May 17, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
Johnson-mania!
May 17, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Cartoons (Minimal Reading Required)
May 16, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Make My Day
May 12, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
A No-Hitter on Acid
May 10, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Land of Giants!
May 6, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Bird People
May 3, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
In and Out of the Audience
Apr 28, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
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Reading Under the Influence
Jonathan Franzen and the Great Swamp Warbler
Apr 25, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
[TITLE HERE]
Apr 21, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
We are all poets now
Apr 18, 2010 | Posted in
Cocktail Hour
Luck and Pluck and WTF
Apr 8, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
Reading Under the Influence
Apr 6, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
The Humbling
Apr 6, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
The Anthologist
Apr 6, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
Wolf Hall
Apr 6, 2010 | Posted in
Reading Under the Influence
The Wives of Henry VIII
Apr 6, 2010 | Posted in
Bad Advice
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Cocktail Hour
Beginning Is Terrifying Business
Mar 19, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 1
Mar 18, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 2
Mar 17, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 3
Mar 16, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 4
Mar 15, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 5
Mar 14, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 6
Mar 13, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 7
Mar 12, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 8
Mar 11, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 9
Mar 10, 2010 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 10
May 16, 2009 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 11
May 16, 2009 | Posted in
Talking to Ghosts
Talking to Ghosts: Page 12
May 16, 2009 | Posted in
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