Bert Atwood will be celebrating the publication of his new book, “My Father Was a Crop Duster” on Friday, March 14th. Steve Bartholomew will be with us on March 7th. Sorry for the confusion.

Watershed Books is happy to be celebrating the publication of Steve Bartholomew’s second novel, “Chapel Perilous” on Friday, March 7th at 3:30 until 5:00. Steve writes, ” A recovering social worker in his past life, Bart {Steve} has resided in Lake County since 1993, but has so far remained undetected. At about the age of twelve, he was introduced to “FATE” magazine by a maiden aunt and has since been fascinated by the strange, abnormal, unusual, and unlikely. A one-time member of the Epigraphic Society, he claims some original work in the field of archeological anomaly. He has previously published in such diverse journals as “Analog Science Fiction”, “Fate”, and “Ancient American”. His experience as a social worker taught him there is no such thing as an ordinary human being.” “Chapel Perilous” is an exploration of dangerous states of mind. Mr. Bartholomew will be sharing aspects of his creative and publishing adventures as well as reading from various works.

Watershed Books will host a publication of “My Father Was a Crop Duster” by Bert Atwood on Friday, March 7 from 3:30 until 5:00pm. Have you wondered what kind of person becomes a crop duster? how did the biplane dusters of the 20th century evolve? What did it take to build and maintain California’s largest fleet of dusters?In “My Father Was a Crop Duster” discover how pilots learn to crop dust;how biplanes were transformed into crop dusting work horses; humorous incidents, dangerous incidents and near misses. Mr. Atwood shares stories of pilots who won big at the Reno air races and pilots who pioneered night time crop dusting, and how his family built a crop dusting empire. Bert’s inside stories are just great, as his his beautiful book; with over 200 photos. Mr. Atwood will be signing books as well. We’ll provide refreshments.

Ground Hog Day…I forget which type of weather foretells what kind of winter/spring, but it’s raining buckets in Lakeport and [for California] darn cold! When I was a teacher of kids in trouble, we spent an entire quarter watching and discussing the movie “Ground Hog Day”. We concluded that actor Bill Murry portrayed every emotional response to life’s stormy weather in that intriguing film.Here at Watershed Books we are excited about Sandra Wade, poet laureate of Lake County who will preside over a writer’s studio here on Friday, February 22nd from 3:30 until 5:30. Sandra has just released her spoken word cd, “From There to Here” and will be sharing her works and discussing with attendees her creative process. Refreshments too. Join us.