If you’re in the Portland, Oregon area, I’ll be signing books at Powell’s Books on Hawthorne on April 19 at 7:30 P.M.. If you don’t know the area that well, be warned: there are two stores on the same stretch of road, about three doors apart. One of them is the home and garden book store. The other is the regular store (where I’ll be!)

Do not ask me how I know this. Let’s just say I might have accidentally wandered into the wrong store and had a minor heart attack (while laughing) when I saw t...