Until today. This week, after finishing TIA #3, I've been hungry for Gryphon's writing. I've reread the first two TIA stories, a couple of UF stories (one I'd read, one I'd not), listened to TIA #3's reading, but was still left wanting. Which was when I decided to find OTTOMH and at last read it.

OTTOMH is easily described as an enjoyably book. It's also more than just anecdotal, relaxing, and heart-felt. For me, it's also timely. I'm just coming to a point in my life where I'm starting to pay attention to local news and such, and a lot of the covered material describing events in Millinocket, Maine can be seen down here in Selma, AL:

- A squabbling city council,

- Concerns about the local paper mill,

- Talk about what to do with the local airport,

- And how a town's tourism trade affects the economy.

It's interesting to see, through the lens of OTTOMH, how those times can be navigated and with a bit of good humor survived. I came to read OTTOMH hungry for a certain style of writing, and after a fine consumption, I go away with a filled spirit.

And that, with more than passing nod to one specific column, is a splendid feeling.