The Reverend Guppy’s Aquarium, From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items were Named for Extraordinary People by Philip Dodd; 265 pages; $20.00; 2007; 978-1-592-40347-9; Gotham Books, New York, NY; Checked out from Multnomah County Library, Central; 5/28-6/2 The Reverend Guppy was not a Reverend, he just didn’t like ties.  The Guppy was [...]

This Friday I am running away from home.  I am going to Central Point, Oregon to spend several days with my cousin John.  John has five acres under Table Rock, pictured at left.  It is just him, his horses and chickens.   I am able to read all day while he is at work.  The last [...]