Tidy Potpourri: Books & More

Here are notes on two beach reads, my thoughts on a difficult play, and a great restaurant find for birthdays or anniversaries. LEISURE READING Karen White’s Flight Patterns is an absorbing novel about family secrets and the tortured relationship between two sisters and a good candidate to take to the beach.  Set in New Orleans and …

North Carolina Spring: The Triangle to the Piedmont

GARDENS The greens are different in North Carolina and spring is softer than Florida.  We were in Chapel Hill and Greensboro over the Easter weekend visiting my two sisters and their families.  Lots of laughter, plenty of good food, and a chance to wander in several gardens.  All the trees had leafed out, but the …

Book Titles Round-up: 2017 Jan.-Mar.

Here’s a round-up of the books I’ve discussed in my blog from January through March of this year.  Happy reading to you all! MEMOIRS All at Sea by Decca Aiktenead Falling by Elisha Cooper Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren Collins NOVELS Be Near Me …

Sarasota Scene: Films & Food II

The Sarasota Film Festival continued. We saw several more films, two very intense, painful to watch, and one that was disappointing.  We then sampled the offerings at Beulah, another restaurant new to us.  FLICS Clash.  This Egyptian film covers one day and night in 2013 and a group of individuals involved in one of the many …