Reading and Roaming
WORDS ON WEATHER Hunkering Down Last weekend our friends and family cocooned in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New York during winter storm Jonas. We watched from afar, thanks to the Weather Channel and the Web, almost gleeful that we were here in Florida. But, like men’s sympathetic pregnancies, we hunkered down too—staying indoors, feasting on …
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CURRENT READING Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann I am one of those individuals who was offended by Mann’s photos of her children when they first appeared about twenty years ago. I felt she had exploited them and that the photos were totally inappropriate for public viewing. Yet, on the recommendation of …
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BOOK OF THE WEEK Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism by John Norris. Although this is a biography, it is perhaps even more a rollicking review of presidential campaigns and Congressional politics from the McCarthy hearings through the Bush eras, all as viewed from the perspective of columnist Mary McGrory and her colleagues. Brash, …
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The season is in full swing and that means lectures, plays, concerts and the like. This week was packed with activity, all of it stimulating and enjoyable. SARASOTA INSTITUTE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (SILL) It’s time for my once a year plug for this marvelous organization. For 40 years SILL has been presenting notable speakers on …
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