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Author Archives: Susan
September Preview
Greetings, Happy Labor Day. If you can believe it, it’s September already. Where did the summer go? I don’t know about your area, but there’s a nip of fall in the air here now. It’s cool, though luckily the smoke … Continue reading
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August Mini-Reviews
Well I’m on my way soon to play in the national age-group tennis tournament in Montreal, Yikes. I hope it will be fun and that my husband and I will get to explore the city too. I’m a bit glad … Continue reading
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August Releases
August might just pass me by if I’m not careful. The days are whizzing by and our area has been in the midst of a heat wave this past week. It just reached the hottest temperature ever on record here … Continue reading
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We Begin Our Ascent and Other Reviews
Oh blimey, it’s August already. July went by in a flash and this month means fall and winter are that much closer, especially living in a northern country. Gads, August usually feels like the last hoorah and that the end … Continue reading
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July Releases
Summer is busy, is it not? It seems Canadians try to fit everything they can do into a short summer season — and now I’m guilty of this too. I’ve got too many things in the frying pan so to … Continue reading
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Love and Ruin and Regeneration
Greetings. We arrived home last week from our overseas trip and then I promptly got a bad cold from all the travels, which set me back longer than I expected, so I’ve been MIA from blogging for quite a while. … Continue reading
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On Vacation
I’m away for a couple weeks visiting battle sites in France and paying respects to soldiers who fought for freedom. Above is Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial in northern France, which contains the graves of 6,012 American soldiers who died … Continue reading
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A Place for Us and Other Reviews
Later this week we’ll be headed overseas for our trip to the U.K. and France to visit a few historical sites, which is all very exciting. I think I’ll be bringing Pat Barker’s novel “Regeneration” and Barbara Tuchman’s history “The … Continue reading
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June Preview
Hooray, we’ve made it to June and the full summer is ahead of us. It’s the best time of year here if only it could last longer (the northern summers are too short!). Still it’s enough just to make every … Continue reading
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Manhattan Beach and I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Greetings. We had nice weather for our annual May long weekend bicycle trip in the mountains. We survived and happily no one on the organized ride (of about 300 cyclists) got hurt that we heard about, although it was a … Continue reading
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