This week I’m going to post a couple of abandoned pages from The Book. Here’s one of them. (Ever notice how watching “Deleted Scenes” on DVDs makes you glad they were deleted?)

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Spent a good weekend visiting family, researching the Historical New York Times database, combing through census records, and sifting through histories of Fairhaven and New Bedford Massachusetts. My old research/genealogy bug is kicking in…

What will I be listening to today? The Studio 360 on Moby-Dick. What am I reading? The paperback of MAGIC FOR BEGINNERS.