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A taste of what’s inside
The book is a collection of 101 humorous newspaper columns covering a wide range of subjects. They were first published in the Idyllwild Town Crier, a weekly paper serving the small mountain community of Idyllwild in Southern California. The columns were published between May, 2003, and November 2005 and are still remembered by most readers who subscribed to the paper during that time. The author is always pleasantly surprised when, even today, people tell him how much they miss his columns. This book is for them, and anyone else who enjoys a good laugh.
Paperback
Format: 5.5 x 8.5 Black & White Paperback, 311 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Dec 22, 2010)
ISBN10: 1432733257
ISBN13: 9781432733254
Genre: HUMOR / General
Nine years ago, after spending most of his life living and working in mid to large sized California cities, the author and his wife, Nanci, moved to Idyllwild - a dream come true for both of them!
Living in a small town has many advantages, along with a few disadvantages. The best part, by far, is getting to know the people, almost all of them friendly, and almost all convinced they are living in paradise. And just about everywhere you go, be it the Post Office where we all go every day to pick up our mail, or the market where, in addition to groceries, we get the latest weather forecast, or to one of our restaurants where we know everyone who works there and several of the other patrons, with at least one of them sure to offer an even later version of the weather forecast than the one being dispensed by the clerk at the market.
As for the disadvantages, perhaps the worst one is the absolute impossibility of keeping a secret - about anything! 
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