It’s baaack. Our classic Read Responsibly tagline, now in a handsome and affordable forest green on white combination, in sizes S-5XL. You read that right, Small through 5XL. It’s just $14.95, but we’ve got a better deal than that. While supplies last Buy any two shirts get a Read Responsibly shirt absolutely free!

Also new, the much-requested women's fitted version of our Library Raid shirt, in junior sizes S-XL. All of this and more at the store!

Last week I got a sore throat. I kept waiting for it to turn into a cold, but it didn't. It just stayed a sore throat with occasional other symptoms. It got better for a while, then worse. Finally I saw a doctor yesterday and, yes, I have Strep. And it's every bit as fun as it was last time I had it, as a teenager.

For the most part I have spent the last week not talking, as it just really hurts to do so. I managed to marshall my resources and speak through it Monday at our gig at Kitsap Regional Library. And I will doubtless do so again on Friday in Detroit, but we are also turning over more of the talk to Gene. I first started doing this talk by myself and it is in some sense still "my" talk. We've been meaning to change this, and necessity is the mother of invention.

I am such a talker that going without speaking has been very interesting. For one thing I find I'm blogging more - I guess I need an outlet. But mostly it's revelatory to go through the day saying as little as possible, and occasionally relying on sign language (everyone in our family knows a little bit). I am always one for the clever quip, and I've learned that the world doesn't end when I don't make them. Crazy.

Anyway, I've started on Penicillin, so this whispering nightmare will soon end.