The author Andrew Van Wey is a paloaltoan and frequents the same café I do ; we each bring our dogs most days or most visits; I spoke to him today because I was with Duffy and he was not with his big furry puppy.  He asked to pet my dog. 

Andrew is a paloaltoan but he prepped at Deerfield. He has an MFA in writing from State.  

I have not read his books to my knowledge —-that’s a stupid statement. Although it has a nice pond. Rings to it. Like a ripple in Stillwater.   Like Woody Guthrie. 

I took this picture self-referentially. I took a similar photo of Barry Eisler.  Who has a recurring character named John Rain.  If Eisler were the world’s greatest spy writer, they would rename Old Page Mill Rd John Rain Falling.  Also a pun.

When I wrote about Eisler or published a photo, I claimed I was in his six. I admitted to Mr. Van Wey that I sometimes get nervous in a public bathrooms if I think about John Rain.  I have to stay fit and alert to ward off assassins.  

I have not yet examined social media sites to size up Van Wey that way, but my instinct says he is legit. 

How much does a Van Wey?  Probably 19.99 in the Amazon. 

If his book was worth 30 and I bought it for 1999 I would party like it’s 19.99.  Although $20 does not buy much of a party these days.  It would’ve gotten you into Corey Harris any of the last three nights. 

Corey writes or plays love songs, and he did write something about a lynching. 

I’m not sure if this is writing or just talking to myself in a public place with the device that is listening.

insert Corey Harris listening song if possible 

Walk this Van Wey.

I know it’s been a long week because I didn’t know it was Saturday until I noticed how crowded it was at Coupa and it was Lydia not Beverly.

I am so tired my dog started barking, and I called him Corey not Duffy

and1 not and Drew

His book underline By The Light ellipsis underline has 1,663 reviews at GoodReads and 882 Amazons, 4.2.