I have a new book! It’s a significant milestone, even though I’m not at the top of any bestseller lists. I’d love to take a moment and tell you about it.
“This IS the Day” is a version of my doctoral dissertation, but I hope you can tell by the cover photo that this does not mean it’s a boring, old tome of academic minutiae. My buddy, Walter, who wrote some nice things about the book for the back cover, also told me that the smiling ice cream guy is sure to pop up in a dream and/or a nightmare. Knowing that he is lactose intolerant, I mailed him a pack of Lactaid with a signed copy of the book.
Oh, yeah — the book!
It’s a year’s record of delights and aha moments concerning my practicing of so-called national days, which are unofficial holidays that mark a variety of things — ampersands to yo-yos. I buy my own bobblehead. I take a polar plunge in the ocean. I write terrible limericks — is there really any other kind? I also invite my young children and extremely patient spouse to participate in a variety of adventures, like eating ice cream for breakfast (hence the cover).
Along the way, I hope to point (never preach) to the shimmer of something vast and beautiful that is discoverable even in the muck and muddle of ordinary life. There’s a throughline between this book and the one that sparked this very column, so I think you’d be interested.
“This IS the Day” is available through the publisher, Wipf and Stock, or your preferred online dealer. I’m available for book talks and groups of all sizes. I’m thrilled to meet you and sign your copy, even buy a coffee — dairy-free creamer or otherwise.
You can reach me here: taylortroutman@yahoo.com
Thank you for your patience. Next week, I’ll be back to the usual musings.
Andrew Taylor-Troutman is the author of “Little Big Moments,” a collection of mini-essays about parenting, and “Tigers, Mice & Strawberries: Poems.” Both titles are available most anywhere books are sold online. Taylor-Troutman lives in Chapel Hill where he serves as pastor of Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church and occasionally stumbles upon the wondrous while in search of his next cup of coffee.
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