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Category Archives: Books
The Removes
Perhaps due to my California roots, I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for American West / frontier / pioneer kinds of historical novels and I finished a couple of good ones last year with Paulette Jiles’s “News of … Continue reading
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September Mini Reviews
Ahh fall is here. Tomorrow we might even see some snowflakes, which is pretty crazy for September. Meanwhile those on the southern East Coast are about to get battered by Hurricane Florence. Yikes, stay safe everyone. I remember Hurricane Isabel … 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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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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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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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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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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May Mini Reviews
Hello. It’s been a while. Sorry that I’ve been a bit AWOL lately. Now that the weather has improved exponentially here since last month, there’s been much to do and many chores and events that have preoccupied me. We are … Continue reading
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The Friend and Molly’s Game
I’m happy to say that spring arrived here this week and we appear to be on our way to some glorious weather ahead. Wahoo. Of course we still have quite a bit of snow that needs to melt. Our yard … Continue reading
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Spring Flakes and Mini Reviews
We had light snowflakes fall all yesterday if you can believe it and my yard is still covered from earlier in the winter. It seems the season is just a little mixed up right now — why does it keep … Continue reading
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