Reading over some journal-type writings of mine from a few years ago, an idea came to me. I'd like to pick out some of the best stuff and put it in this blog. It's not worth trying to create a book with the material I have, and by the way, it's just too damn hard to write a book. I helped a guy put a book together and that project convinced me that the likely outcomes are not worth the time and effort.

So here I am at 70 looking back over quite a few years of notes, mini-essays, and letters. I'll make an honest effort to select and edit material that someone out there may find worth reading.

Alf's book

Alf's book should be printed within the next 10 days.

Alf

My current project

I haven't seen Alfie Taylor in over 45 years, so how is it that I am spending hours every day working on a project with him?

Here's what happened - A few years back, Tom Shaw (Pool & Billiards Magazine guy) used a photo of mine in his mag. Somehow, Alfie's name came up and I mentioned that Alf and I had been close friends back in the early 1960s. Tom gave me Alf's email address and a correspondence began.

I knew Alf had written down some of his experiences during his 20 years traveling the road as a pool player, but he had never put them all together in book form. I offered to proofread some of his stuff, so he started sending me chapters, one at a time. I'd read his stuff, correct some misspellings and grammar problems, and send it back.

This has been going on for a few weeks now, with Alf sending me about 20 chapters of what could become a very readable book. We are already trying to decide who should direct the movie that will surely come from the book he is writing. :>)