Happy Memorial Day everyone! I hope you get out and grill up some burgers and brats, noting the irony for a country that went to war with Germany twice to honor its fallen by cooking German inspired food to celebrate. Take a load off, go to the beach, or the lake, or whatever. Enjoy your extra day off.

In the event you plan to do any reading today, I do have a suggestion: Milk and Catfish. Yes, I thought you would be confused. Well, I’ll explain. As I was promoting my own books on Twitter, rather shamelessly I might add, I met a fellow author from Arkansas. While I live in West Virginia now, I was born and raised in Arkansas, so I hastened to make a connection with him. Thule Taffe is his name. He’s got two novels out with Purple Hull Press.

Now I haven’t gotten around to reading the second book, but I did read the first “Milk and Catfish.” It was an enjoyable read to say the least. To give a brief summary, it’s about what happens in small town Arkansas in 1980 when a group of senior citizens decide to start a rumor just to see how far it goes. Needless to say, it goes quite far, but I’ll let you learn the rest on your own. Here’s the link: Amazon.com: Milk and Catfish: A Novel about Rumors and Deer Hunting and Rumors about Deer Hunting: 9798987963272: Taaffe, Thule: Books

If you’ve got some time to burn during this long weekend, or during this long and lazy summer, give it a read.