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Country Pub Walk

The experienced backpacker.

"Meet The Author"

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

Kid to mom: 'Tell me again about the time you helped fortress a city, subdue hostile fire and got home and baked us all raspberry strudels.'

'Don't worry, you're safe. I started my diet today.'

"Just one more thump. . . just one more thump."

Never.....teach your dog to fly.

"If I Can Make One Critic Smile..."

'He taught me the importance of taking a walk each day.'

"I really look forward to this evening's walk."

'He speaks for our entire generation. Pity he's such a bore...'

Ironing Punctuation

"Wait, wait, back up, back up. Who the #!@! is George Orwell?"

Donald Trump Tells a Joke...

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

My Literary Influences

'Oh no! Is this a blogger I saw before me?'

"Your appendix is fine. It's your glossary I'm worried about."

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

"This car is very fast and very expensive. Just how bad is your midlife crisis?"

"Well, the falcon cannot hear the falconer, but the rough beast found a piece of string so I don't know where that leaves us."

Library

'Ignore them, Charlie. They're nothing but philistines. I liked your poetry, truly I did!'

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."—Joan Didion, Penny, Joan Didion.

A vicar is reading 'The Great Begatsby' written by Abraham.

'I don't know whether to put it in for the Turner Prize or go for the Poet Laureate.'

"Jewelry store, visit our ATM."

"Don Wood? I don't know any Don Wood!"

A sign outside a bookstore reads: "Meet the people in the bookstore cafe staring at their laptops 2-4 p.m."

Lord Byron