when wind blows it away

I just finished reading SO THE WIND 

WON’T BLOW IT ALL AWAY, one of 

my favorite Richard Brautigan books. 

I’m amazed how he plays with time in 

this and also his last novel, AN 

UNFORTUNATE WOMAN. It would 

be interesting to draw a timeline of those 

stories. Speaking of time, this is the 

date due card from SO THE WIND…

Libraries don’t often use these stamps 

anymore (a lot of libraries are growing

more and more against paper) 

but I love seeing these cards.

I’ve been reading Carl Sandburg’s 

ROOTABAGA STORIES.

This page from Sandburg almost 

skips ahead in time to echo 

Brautigan’s title.