Welcome to the inaugural writers hour at James Madison university. We are glad you are here. I want to thank the provost, the first person that i post about in this series. The everyone at the communications further help promoting the event. The we wouldnt be here so thanks to you. We also wouldnt be without john grisham. He should have his own show. Before i met him i knew he was generous with his time and money and you cant go three days and i got to know him most would agree he was a gravedigger and never met someone that for their fame so blithely. Hes a regular person. But of course he is a famous writer. In one place that sold a quarter of a billion bucks and another place he sold 300 million so at some point you throw in the towel and say a boatload. This is academia there is no keeping it loose but here we are on stage in academia. Weve probably got john on the cool side of the mountain where he belongs and i hope he becomes a regular visitor. Please welcome our friend and bene
For those sleeping here and neighbors living nearby and now for possible future neighbors around homes like this. The question is how its going to be run and how its going impact the neighbors. 811 davis is one of three homes Sonoma County is looking at purchasing and turning into shelters for some of the 200 plus Homeless People living along the joe rodota trail. The board of supervisors want it cleared by the end of this month. After next tuesday, Barbie Robinson is likely to be the interim person in charge of that process. Our goal isnt just to throw individuals into houses. Our goal is to stabilize them to improve their wellbeing. Reporter she said shes not had a single day off in weeks. She already runs the county Health Department and says she plans to take a holistic approach by establishing shelters and treating symptoms ranging from drug abuse to mental issues. The county has given her 12 million in seed money. Can 12 million solve this countys problem . Absolutely not. I see
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In san rafael and one in morocco would love to see you there. We like books. We are happy you are here tonight. My first memory of john lithgow is seeing him as a paranoid passenger in a 1983 remake of the classic Twilight Zone episode nightmare at 20,000 feet. Absolutely terrifying. Its impossible to list all the films plays and Television Series featuring john lithgow but heres a sampling. On television he played dyck sullivan in the sitcom third rock from the sun. Arthur mitchell and dexter and Sir Winston Churchill and the crown. Wonderful. His credits include harry in the hendersons, shrek, love is strange, the world according to dark and terms of endearment. He played disgrace late fox news ceo roger ailes in the upcoming film bombshell. I understand thats coming out in time for christmas. And hanukkah, excuse me. On the stage he has appeared in Sweet Success and dirty Rotten Scoundrels and he made his wellsite Shakespeare Company debut as mel bodio in 12 tonight. Last year he st
Richard ford is one of the Great American Story Tellers a master at observing the world around him his novels are populated by characters that have become part of the World Literature and when it comes to his homeland ford likes to tell it like it is dispelling the myths and legends. This is the place he calls home maine in the north east of the u. S. 40 lives here with christina his wife of more than 15 years their house is located far from the big cities which have never been a draw for them in maine ford is surrounded by lakes and forests where he can go hunting. But most of all here he finds the peace and quiet to write always by hand he stores his notebooks in the freezer in case the house can. Fire. Makes me laugh its so. Chaotic well myself well enough the chaos and all the difference in all these tiny little hairy this is exactly what i want out of that. I wrote this which is written before. All of his books are dedicated to his wife christina his most important reader i rememb