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Things I’ve Done While Working On This Book That I Would Not Otherwise Have Done

1. Realised too late that I had forgotten the most vital element of my Halloween costume — tequila — and had to walk into a crowded Savannah Scottish bar dressed as a Scottish terrier, sober. First Dogs, Savannah, Georgia   2. Tried to play upwind while golfing on a desert sand course where they harden the […]

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“You’re Beautiful.”

[First wee excerpt from the Florida chapter — from my two trips down there, currently titled “Banquet of Consequences” or perhaps “To a Pelican” or “To an Octogenarian Ex-Pat at a Burns Supper on the Rodeo Grounds.” I am still mulling over this one.] Walking through a seemingly deserted exit at Fort Lauderdale Airport I […]

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