Last week, our headline in this space was “Happy About Grumpy” — and I suppose for folks who aren’t dopey or sleepy, that might conjure up Snow White’s seven pals. But there’s nothing dwarfish about our inspiration: a terrific used-book store in Liverpool, PA. Nearly all of my readers have seen Grumpy’s Books — a
When I first saw the trailer for A Talent for Murder, I thought Helen Mirren actually was Patricia Highsmith. Of course, that won’t mean much to most Webb readers, as the late Highsmith remains outside the pale — despite giving us one of the most insanely compelling characters in all of 20th-century fiction. Featured in
I wager most Webb readers have driven down to Harrisburg from our area — cruising along that lovely stretch of Route 15 beside the broad and tree-lined Susquehanna River. Among other things, you can often spot bald eagles on this drive (more on those later!). But perhaps you’ve also wondered about that odd-looking bookstore right
This recurring “Weird Words” column aims to unpack oddball vocab like pogonip, putz, gleet, dik-dik and boustrophedon. But you can’t just keep trotting out such lists over and over, say 138 times in a row — which is where we’re at after more than three years. So every now and then, we dip into some
The 15th Annual Liberty Band Festival arrives in Lycoming County on the weekend of Oct. 16-18 — with a free concert slated for 1:30 p.m. that Sunday at Montoursville Area High School. Hosted by Williamsport’s world-famous Repasz Band, Liberty brings in musicians from around the country to rehearse on Friday and Saturday — with a
