This fall marks a hometown author bonanza here in Petaluma, just stop by B Street Mercantile Co or Copperfields book store and check out our burgeoning local book scene.
One of the most striking recent releases (taking pride of place on my coffee table at home, alongside Kathleen Weber's gorgeous new Della Fattoria Bread book) is Michael "Bug" Deakin's Heritage Salvage Reclaimed Stories.
Published by Petaluma-based Cameron + Company, here's a book that truly captures the man that so many of us love to shoot the breeze with over a locally brewed pint when out on the town!
I liked it so much I was the first to review on Amazon. Here's what I said: "Who would have imagined a plank of old wood being so utterly transformative without Michael "Bug" Deakin's very public passion for repurposing beautiful old redwood beams and weathered barn planks in his irrepressible business of Heritage Salvage and now, in book form, too?
Bug's story (or rather, hundreds of what he describes as 'quirky, run-on stream-of-unconsciousness' stories) takes us as readers on a wild ride around the country, barn-spotting off-the-beaten-track, from his early days in the sustainability wagon to his cutting-edge, current Reclamation Road multi-media project.
Newspaper clippings, hundreds of snapshots and snippets layer with lovely, full-page color photos of stylish interiors crafted by Bug and his crew inside and out of inspirational hot spots such as Rickhouse and Hops and Hominy in San Francisco, the Girl and the Fig in Sonoma, Hopmonk Tavern, Straus Family Creamery's milk bar and lots more.
Nice section on locals featuring Heritage Salvage at home in Petaluma, CA. Containing this unique character and his life's work in one volume must have taken a village. Terrific book for anyone interested in salvage and repurposing or simply living an authentic life in an otherwise modern day plugged-in America."
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