Monthly Archives: July 2022

Note: All the six-foot tables for the Florence Festival of Books are sold out. There are only 11 eight-foot tables left before we are totally sold out. This is not unusual! It’s a popular event with authors. When you listen … Continue reading →

This week is definitely smoother sailing than when I last posted about the FFOB on July 1 (#343–The ups and downs of the FFOB). We had just lost our Events Center liaison only days before we were to begin accepting … Continue reading →

Sometimes when I feel the world is going to hell in a hand basket, one of my mom’s sayings, it’s nice to remember times when certain situations reaffirmed my faith in humanity. Here are three: Big Blue Bam! A blow … Continue reading →

I was going to write about Russia and how they don’t care what the world thinks about them. Invading Ukraine turned most of the world against them. They invaded another sovereign country with no provocation. They blockaded grain exports from … Continue reading →

At the end of last year, I had serious doubts that the Florence Festival of Books could continue with such a small number of committee members. That would be a shame, because it is considered to be one of the … Continue reading →