This a series of essays about a real bed and breakfast owned by two bachelor brothers (Hector and Virgil) -- along with their parrot Mrs. Rochester and their cat Waffle) on an island off Vancouver, Canada. The exact whereabouts remain undisclosed. This author's prose is like poetry --his descriptions are magical. What a lovely book.

Their B&B is off the beaten track with not much to do except relax and enjoy reading a book from their library (or your own).

One favorite sentence in this book is when a character describes himself and his guests as "gentle, bookish, and ever so slightly confused." This book will be loved by people who feel they too are "gentle, bookish, and ever so slightly confused." It is truly a gentle book. It is relaxing, refreshing, and if you are a book lover you feel you are among friends while you read. For laugh out loud funny -- the characters discover music's effect on the rate that chickens lay eggs