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The Big Book of Ken's Corner With a Cat Named Boo encompasses two and a half years of Ken Umbach's "Ken's Corner" columns from Senior Spectrum (Sacramento, California), on topics as diverse as life in the neighborhood, cats, zombies, "bad banks," sewer construction, and peculiar events in news of today and yesterday. This is "slice of life" with a humorous slant and an occasional nostalgic recollection. The book also includes the author's notorious satire on the hard times in California's mythical "Velcro fields," plus the story-behind-the-story, and a view of haiku from the perspective of a technical communicator.
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The Big Book of Ken's Corner With a Cat Named Boo encompasses two and a half years of Ken Umbach's "Ken's Corner" columns from Senior Spectrum (Sacramento, California), on topics as diverse as life in the neighborhood, cats, zombies, "bad banks," sewer construction, and peculiar events in news of today and yesterday. This is "slice of life" with a humorous slant and an occasional nostalgic recollection. The book also includes the author's notorious satire on the hard times in California's mythical "Velcro fields," plus the story-behind-the-story, and a view of haiku from the perspective of a technical communicator.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781937123000
  • Publisher: Umbach Consulting & Publishing
  • Publication date: 8/15/2011
  • Pages: 416
  • Product dimensions: 0.93 (w) x 6.00 (h) x 9.00 (d)
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  • Posted June 11, 2011

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    "The Big Book of Ken's Corner With a Cat Named Boo" encompasses two and a half years of my weekly column in Senior Spectrum (weekly Sacramento-area paper), plus a few bonus items. One of the bonuses is my notorious satire (reproduced in college textbooks!) about the hard times in California's (mythical) Velcro Fields. The book is over 400 pages of short pieces, most including some humor (hence the category of "humor" for the book), about anything and everything that comes to my mind. Observations encompass the local squirrels, conundrums of shopping, strange observations while driving, curious noises in the night, and thoughts about such diverse topics as zombies and books and more. I take an occasional detour into nostalgia and offer thoughts on nuggets from newspapers and magazines of generations or even a century ago. The tone is mostly conversational -- relaxed and informal -- purely for leisure reading. The column is popular with readers of Senior Spectrum, and I hope this compilation will be a pleasant diversion for readers elsewhere who have not encountered Spectrum, and fun for local folks who see the column sporadically. Although my topics and point of view tilt toward older readers, I write for all ages -- family-friendly, fun, and varied. I hope The Big Book will also be helpful and interesting as an idea-generator for writers who might like to turn their hand to "slice of life" essays and fillers.

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