An Egg On The Sill

About the Book

The Flying Colonel continues to accumulate mileage and traverse vast stretches of landscape, though his feet have remained almost exclusively on the ground as of late. An Egg on the Sill looks back on the years that have brought forth retirement, a retail venture, a brief brush with the law -- even trekking through the Himalayas with two steady spiritual guides, his daughters. The inertia of his once 250-day travel year has transformed into a kinetic fascination with a life far removed from the corporate canopy of the aviation insurance industry. An Egg on the Sill reveals the enormity of a man who is simultaneously low-key and extraordinary. If youÕve never taken a course on philosophy before, get ready for your first three credits.

About the Author

Barbara Purcell was born and raised in the perversions of Jersey suburbia before eventually moving to New York City in pursuit of urban vices. Since her graduation from Skidmore College in 2001, she has both published and performed her poems in various Gotham venues and abroad in both Copenhagen and Mainz. Her work has been published in Tribes Magazine and she has been featured in the Jerome Reading Series at A Gathering of the Tribes and the Utica Reading Series in Utica, NY. She has most recently read at the Bowery Poetry Club, the Nuyorican PoetsÕ Cafe and the Knitting Factory. Barbara is currently working on her first book of poetry on the beige vinyl couch in her West Village illegal sublet.