The New York Times, The Castro, and other Cactus news

I have a few updates for this week: Look for my article about wild Kentucky in the Escapes section of the New York Times this Friday. (I also have some cautionary words about trying to make your way through the steeply slanted Kentucky backwoods with no GPS!) In other news, the second printing of the book is in stores this week. It is slightly different from the first version. For one thing, my Mother In Law is in this one. She did not appear anywhere in the previous version. Mea culpa. And finally, I am very excited about doing a Cactus reading in San Francisco for the first time ever. the event will take place at: Books Inc In The CastroSan Francisco, CA(2275 Market Street) 7:30 pm, October 2 (Thursday) Also, I wanted to thank everyone who showed up last night to the Steinbeck Center for my reading last night…