Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING The Stargazer’s Sister by Carrie Brown If you are at all interested in astronomy, this is an engaging historical novel about Caroline Herschel, sister of famed German astronomer William Herschel. Lina, as she was known, was William’s younger sister by 12 years. Small and slight and scarred by a bout with smallpox, she never married and …
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WINTER EXCURSION We enjoyed our brief trip to Winter Park last February so much that we decided to repeat the trip this week. Winter Park began as a refuge for the moneyed set, a winter playground as it were, and it’s clear that it’s still a wealthy place with a cultural life built around Rollins …
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MOVIES AT HOME In this age of online video and fast migration from movie screen to TV screen, it’s possible to view many first run movies at home almost immediately after their release. Here are two relatively recent films we just watched. We rented each one for 48 hours for the nominal fee of $5.99, much cheaper …
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CHRISTMAS MEMORIES This year, for perhaps the first time ever, we stayed home for Christmas and purchased and put up a live tree. In more recent years, we’ve gone to Manhattan for about ten days to see family. This time, our son and family and our daughter-in-law’s parents all came to Florida. With lively granddaughters ages 6 ½ …
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