A dull day at the Fort Worth Book Show where for us dealers, the highlight of the show was unquestionably the appearance of a local (male) “author” who dressed up as a gaucho, carried a look-alike doll, and wore more make-up than Mary Kay Ash’s cadaver. I break up the tedium by nipping over to the National Cowgirl Museum and, later, trek a few blocks to see the homage to FW homeboy Van Cliburn painted on the side of a statue of a Texas longhorn.
Entries from September 2002
September 29, 2002
GAUCHOS, COWGIRLS, AND VAN CLIBURN’S HEAD
September 24, 2002
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: THE CRASH AT CRUSH
What happened when, as a publicity stunt, two locomotives crashed into each other in the middle of Texas in 1896? Why do people think attending Renaissance faires is fun, and who decided Maypearl was a good site for same? What is Willie Nelson’s hometown like? Why am I fascinated by cotton and why was I so thrilled by the cotton gin at Birome? Just another day driving around Texas….
September 17, 2002
PAPA LIVES!
The only thing worse than crazy customers who think they know about books is fellow booksellers who get rid of those crazy customers by suggesting they call YOU! If you think you have a signed Hemingway, perhaps you should read this first….
September 9, 2002
PROMOTER OF FUN!
My first exposure to the wonderful world of The Oriental Trading Company was a catalogue addressed to “The Promoter of Fun” (a position I had not heretofore known existed in my tiny family-owned bookstore). So much fun to promote, so little time!
