by Rivera Sun
Writer, Dandelion Salad
April 5, 2023
At the post office, my neighbor rolled down the window of his pick-up truck to chat. As is typical in Northern Maine this time of year, we praised the sunlight, warmth, bare patches of ground, and eyed the shrinking snowbanks with delight.
“Winter wasn’t so bad, this year,” he weighed in, “not like it used to be.”
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https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2023/04/05/i-cant-imagine-maine-without-moose-by-rivera-sun/
Sent to DS by the author, David R. Yale
by Diane Donovan
Midwest Book Review Bookwatch, Aug. 10, 2022
April 3, 2023
The Real Paul Makinen?
By David R. Yale
A Healthy Relationship Press, LLC
978-0-9791766-0-9, 978-0-9791766-1-6, 978-0-9791766-3-0
www.DavidRYale.Com
The Real Paul Makinen? is a novel not for those seeking quick reads, but is highly recommended for readers not daunted by complex, in-depth probes of emotional relationships, from family and work to potential loved ones.
Set in three parts, it introduces the milieu of Minneapolis in the early 1970s, where the 19-year-old Paul receives his draft notice, refuses to go, and is summarily thrown out of his parents’ house.
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