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Top Five Tom Robbins books.

Long my one of my personal faves and journalistic style hero, Tom Robbins was featured in an NPR article last week. I was waiting for a rainy day to post this, and, well, this being Seattle, I didn't have to wait long. I will take this op to list the RCVman Top Five TR tomes:

5) Still Life with Woodpecker.
"When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”

4) Jitterbug Perfume.
“Our Similarities bring us to a common ground; Our Differences allow us to be fascinated by each other”

3) Skinny Legs and All.
“There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others”

2) Villa Incognito.
“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.”

1) Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas.
“The afternoon passed more slowly than a walnut-sized kidney stone.”

Honorable Mention (lest I blaspheme)

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
Cowgirls
Roadside Attraction
Wild Ducks Flying Backwards

Looks like it is going to be a wet one in the PNW this summer. Stock up.