Scanning the shelves at the library, yesterday, the name BLAIR caught my eye. Where have I heard that name before?
In this case, it was Joe Blair, the author of a memoir, "By the Iowa Sea". I pulled it off the shelves, read the first couple of pages and was hooked.
How an east coast guy with a motorcycle, a leather jacket and a desire to do nothing but travel ends up, 15 years later, with a wife, four kids, a pipefitters job and living on the banks of the Iowa River during a spring flood has all the elements of a great story. There's even a trip to Luther College to fix the air conditioning!
And what a writer this Blair guy is! I started researching him and he gets nothing but praise from some of the best book critics in the country.
This is a delight to read!
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