Manhattan Musings: Books, etc.

What’s it like to do citizen science?  How do we stay connected to others as we age? And where were you when the Beatles hit the U.S.?  Books and film notes this week. Citizen Scientist by Mary Ellen Hannibal I have just started my science writer friend Mary Ellen Hannibal’s new book, but want to give …

Tidy Tidbits: Fall Memories, Reading & Viewing

BACK TO SCHOOL It’s September, the first day of fall is upon us, and everyone who’s going back to school is there by now.  I always liked going to school and happily anticipated the end of summer, the cooler days of autumn, and the challenge of new subjects, new teachers, and sometimes even new friends.  …

Tidy Tidbits: Movies & Medical Mystery

This week we got to two new films and I finished a long and totally absorbing historical novel, The Gilded Hour, set in NYC in 1883. MOVIE TIME Florence Foster Jenkins I will go see Meryl Streep in almost anything and this is a good, not great, movie.  Florence was a real person and Streep …

Tidy Tidbits: Latest Viewing & Reading

We have returned to hot and humid Florida and that means late afternoon trips to the pool, an occasional film, catching up on our favorite TV series, and more reading.  It’s too hot to linger outdoors! CINEMA We went to see Indignation on Labor Day afternoon and the audience was all seniors with a few exceptions.  Perhaps …