Reading and Roaming
Happy 2016! I’ve now been blogging regularly for a year and hope that my readers have enjoyed the journey. This week is a grab bag of a new diversion, a play, a new restaurant and a book. COLORING CRAZE When the Wall St. Journal publishes an article about adults coloring, you know this fad has …
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CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS OLD AND NEW When I was growing up, Christmas was celebrated with just my immediate family—parents and three siblings—since the relatives lived many miles away. Dinner then was often half a ham and scalloped potatoes or a reprise of roast turkey and mashed potatoes, both family favorites. One year we drove to Ohio and Michigan …
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ON THE BIG SCREEN There are a lot of adjectives that don’t apply to Spotlight, the new film about the Boston Globe’s uncovering of the Catholic Church’s role in hiding sexual abuse by priests. It is not sensational, nor is it graphic in its depiction, nor is it fast-paced. Rather it is a compelling and …
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North Carolina was a large source of tar, pitch and turpentine for many years and around the time of the Civil War became known as the Tar Heel State and its inhabitants Tar Heelers. Tar was used to coat the bottom of boats and a large amount was exported to England. Initially, the term …
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