Book of the Month/October 2024

John Buchan was one of those characters, larger than life. He was an author and a statesman, and profoundly Scottish. He was the son of a Scots Presbyterian minister, and is probably best known today for his book The Thirty-Nine Steps, published in 1915 That book was the first of six Richard Hannay novels—spy thrillers. …

Book of the Month/January 2024

Apologies for the delay in getting to this. Life keeps happening, and my days fill up with excuses. This month’s selection is a delightful little book called Rabbit. It is by one Charles Higgins (a pen name, so don’t hunt around for a Facebook page), and it recounts a number of adventures/mishaps involving a monosyllabic …