Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING: DAILY LIFE LIVED WELL The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly The term, “Irish goodbye,” means leaving a party or a gathering quietly without saying goodbye to anyone. The Irish Goodbye is a collection of short to extremely brief writings by the former poet laureate of Mississippi. It ranges from her quick thoughts on married …
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MOVIE TIME: A PSYCHIATRIST IN CRISIS A Private Life (Cary Theater) Having discovered the delights of our local movie theater, the Chief Penguin and I walked downtown again. This time to see Jodie Foster in A Private Life. A French film in French with subtitles and a few snatches of English, it’s a little bit of everything: murder mystery, love …
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IN HONOR OF VALENTINE’S DAY Reflections on Grandma Walter I realized early this morning that today, February 15th, was my grandmother’s birthday. Meta Marie Henne was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1897. If she were a centennial woman, today would be her 129th birthday; she died at 80 in 1977. In 1922, a few years after graduating from …
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ON SCREEN: BIG CONTENDER FOR MULTIPLE OSCARS Marty Supreme In past years, the Chief Penguin and I have made it a goal to see as many of the Best Picture Oscar nominations as possible. More recently, we’ve been slackers, but we might see a few of them between now and the March awards. We are fans …
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