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Author Tyler Oaks will return to Borders Modesto to sign copies of her novel, Ruby Rest, on February 23rd at 1pm. Ruby Rest is a romantic mystery set in Carmel-by-the-Sea. "Tyler Oaks demonstrates a superbly gifted style as a storyteller in her debut novel "Ruby Rest", a mystery that compels the total attention of the reader from first page to last... A riveting read, "Ruby Rest" is whole heartedly recommended to mystery buffs for its originality, its flair, and its suspense."

CHAPTER 38

When you get there, there isn't any there there.
-- Gertrude Stein

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know

CHAPTER 37

There's something happening here,
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there,
Tellin' me I've got to be-ware.

I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound?

CHAPTER 36

It is when the hidden decisions are made explicit that the arguments begin.
-- Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons"

The final showdown was at hand. The "on-line" was finished.

CHAPTER 35

All art is knowing when to stop.
-- Toni Morrison

A photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells
you the less you know.
-- Diane Arbus

DISSOLVE:

CHAPTER 34

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual
world.
-- George Santayana

Elliot is a creature of habit. Routine comforts him. He
likes doing the same thing on the same day, week after week. So,

CHAPTER 33

Truly nothing is to be expected but the unexpected!
-- Alice James

It gets late early here.
-- Yogi Berra

The Padrone did not like this. In the spotlight. On the
ropes. He had managed his life too carefully to have it blown

CHAPTER 32

I took off for a weekend last month
Just to try and recall the whole year
All of the faces and all of the places
Wonderin' where they all disappeared

I didn't ponder the question too long

CHAPTER 31

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
-- Oscar Wilde

Sleep faster. We need the pillows.
-- Yiddish Proverb

Elliot heard the news on KCBS on his way home.
"This bulletin just in from Sacramento. Our state capitol

CHAPTER 30

We do what only lovers can ... make a gift out of necessity.
-- Leonard Cohen

You have to wake up a virgin every morning.
-- Jean-Louis Barrault

The Ralston Water Festival began in 1910 in celebration of