DINNER WITH W.T. Written by Rick Babar, published by SynergEbooks, 2001 I have just completed reading Dinner With W.T and as soon as I wipe the tears of laughter from my eyes, I hope to give you the reader, a true and accurate view of the book. Rick Babar is a man of vision, vision not of the future but a vision of the past. Much along the lines of Garrison Keeler, Rick takes us into his world to give us a place to belong. His masterful use of verbiage brings to life long forgotten moments from our own pasts and allows the reader to once again visit those sometimes confusing, sometimes painful, but now with age and time, often times humorous incidents. He paints with a colorful palette, telling how he and friends conspired to get a snow day. How he dealt with a poor, old woman with Rhumors. He slashes his canvas with bits or quiet watercolors in the form of poetry and lets the reader gain an insight into his persona. He even opens a part of his life that few allow us to see his anger. His focal point and the title of the book is so hilarious that might I caution the reader not to have a cup of coffee in their hands when reading! I really do believe he owes me a new keyboard since I spilled my coffee because I laughed so hard. Rick has a hit here, he will have a following and those of us privileged to take his journey will grow from the experience of knowing this fine gentle man.
This book leaves us wanting more, we want to again live our lives vicariously through his, we want him to again dredge up those long forgotten memories of past lives, lives before minivans, before IRA’s, before we had to have the toys that define our mundane lives today. A side note to the author, please continue to enlighten our world Rick and don’t ever put down that pen! This book can be purchased through Synergebooks.com