Blood on the Tracks » Portland

Wordstock 2012!

Becky Luening — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 04:59:28 +0000

Brian received an email this week inviting him to be a featured author with his Blood on the Tracks memoir at this year’s Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon. We mailed in a book and an application months ago and had pretty much forgotten about it, so this is a wonderful surprise! Wordstock is an annual event, a fantastic four-day book fair featuring book talks and panels, workshop for writers and teachers, and other special events. This year’s festival is scheduled for October 11-14. Mark your calendar and stay tuned for more details…

Tuesday, June 14

Brian — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:31:51 +0000

I completed 42 miles of handcycling today. My shoulders feel good after having received a diagnosis last November of serious arthritis. Have been on an anti-inflammatory diet [no gluten (wheat), no casein (dairy), no phytates (soy, except Miso and Tempeh), no refined sugar], and along with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and massage, my shoulders are now able to arm-power my handcycle 40-50 miles a day without pain. We’ll see how it feels once the 800 mile handcycling tour begins on Saturday, June 25, at 8 am from behind Lincoln Hall on Portland State University campus, for the 30-mile trip to the first stop at 2 pm in Newberg, OR. But this is a routine I must keep up for at least three weeks until I arrive in San Francisco. On Friday evening at 7 pm, June 24, the night before, I will have unveiled for the public my new book at a signing in the upstairs community room, People’s Food Co-op, SE 21st and Tibbetts in Portland.

Sneak Preview

Brian — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:30:35 +0000

I don’t expect the books to arrive until June 20th, but I will read a few passages from my manuscript at a VFP fundraising event on June 11th, 6-9pm at the Metanoia Peace House, 2116 NE 18th Ave., Portland, Oregon. Here is the event flyer with more details: