8 We've Got Your Summer Reading Planned!

I hope you enjoyed SONG OF REDEMPTION, our Valentine's Day mini-series, and I'd like to send a shout out to Bettijane Eisenpreis for her support as well as to my muse, an actual homeless who looked more like an opera singer than your standard generic bum. (She gave me the song and dance about change and I sang a little bit of the Habanera in the hope I would rekindle memories of her days as an operatic chanteuse, but  all she gave me was a mean look.)

I know, the calendar still says Winter and Spring is just around the corner, but let's talk about Summer reading. From time to time, we will review recent books that would look great at the beach, but on May 27, when Memorial Day Weekend kicks off, we'll turn off the heat with a VERY SPECIAL tribute to the sixtieth anniversary of the theme park. Yep, this is the sixth decade since Walt Disney and his Imagineers introduced Disneyland to a grateful world, and I could go on and on about how Disneyland is the ultimate example of theme parks done right, but instead, this Summer, we proudly (or at least as proudly as possible) present the saga of George Washington Macintosh, who was born at roughly the same time as Walt, but...that would be giving it away!

It's called "THIS HAPPY PLACE," and you can read it at home, in car, at the beach, or EVEN AT WORK, but BE CAREFUL! If you read it on line at a theme park, you might just miss your ride!

Remember, "THIS HAPPY PLACE," coming this Memorial Day Weekend to an internet near you, but like REDEMPTION, it's rated PG-13. Don't say you weren't warned!

BTW, check out LEONARD, William Shatner's look back at his friend and fellow Star Trekker and the memories that will always Live Long and Prosper. On the Steve Sandwich Scale, this rates a "Skip the Sandwich!"

Steve out!