From Roland's Bookstore
My Best Work is Done at the Office
Mark Twain once wrote: "I am an old man
and have known a great many troubles, most of which never happened."
Smart guy, Mark. His dry-humor analysis of the way we take ourselves too seriously,
worrying trivial warts until they turn cancerous, eating away our sensitivity to
surrounding wonders and our natural zest for life sounded
a klaxon-call to me. As a result, my common everyday working stuff is driven by two
firm beliefs: 1) that we should never take
ourselves too seriously; and 2) that everybody
needs inspiration to make it through each day's
imagined threats and foibles. Tell me what you think by reading My Best Work is Done at the Office
5-1/2 X 8-1/2 12-point cover 320 page $21.95
I just talked to your wife [on the phone]. Nice lady. I told her my brother Herman, Paul Harvey, and you
are alike. A man has to allow for some windage.
- Gerry Pearson / Salmon, ID
Well, Roland, you said My Best Work is Done at the Office is a "bathroom book," and I want you to know that's where I've been reading it ... and it worked every time! - John Phelps / Carbondale, IL
Most of the photos were taken 30 - 40 years ago. Visit
the same places and it'll still look the same. That's the most
enduring benefit of America's Wilderness system. Folks
can see what all the land looked like before slums, shopping centers, and subdivisions
Roland's office has a daylight
basement, a sun roof, and no parking problems
Over the years, Roland claims to have written 27 hundred columns and
radio scripts. He tells anyone who asks that My Best Work is Done at the Office contains a hundred of the best. Then he'll shake his head and grin and
say, "That's a lie. There are 116 stories in here; and I've got two or three
hundred more at home that are just as good -- I just couldn't get 'em all in."
Tales of the West that Was
and the West that IS
(or send check or money order for $21.95 to Roland Cheek, P.O. Box 1118, Columbia Falls, MT 59912)
