Rev-Bob Schaibly. First, I want to thank Marge Piercy for the poem that inspired the title of this novel. Perhaps some day I'll get to meet her, and she can tell me whether I've completely misinterpreted the meaning of the poem.
Second, I want to thank the minister emeritus of First Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, Rev. Robert L. Schaibly, to whom the novel is dedicated. Bob served First UU from 1982 until his retirement in 2002. So much cool stuff happened at that church during those 20 years, I wouldn't know where to begin. He is a figure of stratospheric intellect, with a beatific, reassuring presence, whose studies of zen led him to become its living avatar. Present moment...wonderful moment.
Second, I want to thank the minister emeritus of First Unitarian Universalist Church, Houston, Rev. Robert L. Schaibly, to whom the novel is dedicated. Bob served First UU from 1982 until his retirement in 2002. So much cool stuff happened at that church during those 20 years, I wouldn't know where to begin. He is a figure of stratospheric intellect, with a beatific, reassuring presence, whose studies of zen led him to become its living avatar. Present moment...wonderful moment.
Third, I want to thank high school chums Dan Borden and Robert McLaren for convincing me to get a Facebook account back in 2009. I had tried some other social networking sites: in particular, Tribe (which amazingly still exists) and a couple of different Ning sites (extinct). I like the way Tribe was set up, with its emphasis on introducing people with similar interests. On too many occasions, however, Tribe felt like a big empty room. Eventually even my Tribe friends started drifting away from it and toward The Facebook.
Now the novel that spent four years gestating in my mind and my Mac has its own FB page.
I'm not going to insist that anyone buy the book before liking the page. That said, I'd really like for all of you to buy and read and enjoy the book. If you do, I'll have an incentive to publish a new, typographically improved edition of A Small Town for Its Size for your further enjoyment.
Now the novel that spent four years gestating in my mind and my Mac has its own FB page.
I'm not going to insist that anyone buy the book before liking the page. That said, I'd really like for all of you to buy and read and enjoy the book. If you do, I'll have an incentive to publish a new, typographically improved edition of A Small Town for Its Size for your further enjoyment.
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