{"id":161,"date":"2016-11-21T16:52:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T16:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2022-05-20T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:25:28","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Gary writes like he paints &#8212; boldly and with earthy realism!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230; his books are filled with gentle humor and with people so real, you genuinely feel you know them&#8230; like a homecoming of sorts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-1\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_4121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4121\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/searching\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/300-3Dcover-searching-4b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Available Now!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_4121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4121\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/far\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/300-far-mockupcov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Available Now!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><figure id=\"attachment_4121\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4121\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/project-sail\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4121 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/300-CBM-3dCov2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Available January 2027<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-24\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-24\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><figure id=\"attachment_7216\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7216\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/Books.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7216 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/400-100Book-open.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/400-100Book-open.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/400-100Book-open-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">100-Series Instructional Watercolor Book\u2014Available Now!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><figure id=\"attachment_7217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7217\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/Books.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/400-200Book-open.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/400-200Book-open.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/400-200Book-open-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">200-Series Instructional Watercolor Book\u2014Available Now!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8230; 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