Tag Archives: Palm Sunday Tour

Tour: Sundays April 9 and 23

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Don

Image: Dashiell Hammett Tour perched atop the Stockton Tunnel, about to hike over to where Miles Archer got his. . . . Anyone who wants to show up clutching a $20 with four hours to kill —- no appointment necessary — can … Continue reading →

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Death Lit: Rolling Country by Joseph Hirsch

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Don

Mentioning Willeford lately courtesy the In Memoriam Palm Sunday Tour reminds me that I’ve been meaning to blurb Rolling Country by Joseph Hirsch. Read it awhile back, was thinking about doing it up for Halloween, but then something came along to … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: “Reasons Why Writers Write” — Encore Variants

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Don

I just did the Palm Sunday Walk in memoriam Charles Willeford — mostly locals showed up, but we did have a couple haul in all the way from Massachusetts — so how about we continue the memorial action with a … Continue reading →

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Tour: On Palm Sunday

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Don

Jim Dinan sent in the shot above from the walk on September 8, 2013 — 891 Post is in the background, right, with the What a Grind coffee house sign and a bit of the front awning visible. Thanks, Jim. To … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: A Couple of Popes

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Don

Breaking the pattern of recent years, this season I didn’t offer the usual Palm Sunday Tour in honor of Charles Willeford’s death, which fell on a Palm Sunday, March 27, 1988 — Willeford, who would be crowned posthumously by the … Continue reading →

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Frisco Beat: 100, and Counting

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Don

During the throes of repainting the old website in the closing months of 2010, knocking together the current blog format, I had to sit on the sidelines and watch news and anniversaries pass by. The one I most regret not being on … Continue reading →

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News: March 2010

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Webmaster

TOUR ON PALM SUNDAY Last month the Hammett tour hit the mean streets on Valentine’s Day, encountering a gang of balloons — this month Don is once again slipping on the gumshoes to guide a walk on Palm Sunday, March … Continue reading →

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News: April 2009

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Webmaster

LAST MONTH IN TUCSON In the photos above you’ll see Dennis McMillan catching a quick chat with Elmore Leonard after his big interview, and Don doing a spur-of-the-moment tribute to Ernest P. Worrell. The Tucson Book Fair offered lots of … Continue reading →

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News: March 2009

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Webmaster

NIX THE 540 CLUB Just a quick note to those who had planned on attending Don’s official launch of the Dashiell Hammett Tour book at the 540 Club — the venue and date have been changed. It’s now at Green … Continue reading →

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News: March 2008

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Webmaster

PALM SUNDAY Anyone who wants to show up, willing to hand over a tenspot, is welcome to join in the Dashiell Hammett Tour offered on Palm Sunday — that’s Sunday March 16 with a noon start at the Main Library … Continue reading →

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