Reading and Roaming
FLAG DAY 2025 Peaceful Protests Here & Across the U.S. Yesterday was Flag Day, typically a time to celebrate the Stars and Stripes and the principles of freedom for which it stands. The holiday commemorates the adoption of the American flag by the Second Continental Congress in 1777. When I was growing up, my father, a Navy …
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Introduction Since moving to North Carolina, I’ve kept up with new fiction through the excellent library we have. Consequently, my summer reading list this year is a mix of new works and older ones including classics by Thomas Hardy and Edith Wharton that I’ve not previously read. It’s a baker’s dozen and like previous years, I probably …
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ABROAD AT HOME Outing to Pinehurst, NC Most people think of golf when they hear Pinehurst as this small town, southwest of Cary, is considered the “Cradle of American Golf.” There are more than a dozen area golf courses. On the outskirts of Pinehurst is the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, part of Sandhills Community College. A group of us visited the …
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RECENT READING FAMILY TIES, SISTERS, & CHINA Rabbit Moon by Jennifer Haigh American writer Jennifer Haigh’s novels often have a social issue at their heart. They run the gamut from a rare disease in The Condition, to fracking in Heat and Light, to an abortion clinic in Mercy Street, to name just a few of them. Her latest novel, Rabbit Moon, might be said to …
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