Reading and Roaming
This Week’s Movie Boyhood I loved Boyhood. We watched it almost in one sitting with only a short break and it was so real. It’s fiction, a scripted story, but because of its pace, it seems like a documentary. Mason, the boy, is amazing, but there is something satisfying about watching the parent actors, Patricia …
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Movie recommendations: Before the holidays, we saw several of the Oscar contenders and I would recommend them all. This is a season of men, all of these films portray famous or infamous males, all but one no longer here. I’ve listed the films in order of my preference. Imitation Game. Alan Turing was a genius …
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As a child, I was entranced by my grandfather’s study. Grandpa and Grandma lived on a quiet leafy street in a big brown house that always smelled warm and cozy and I felt embraced by it the moment I entered. The study was a very small room. There were bookcases on every wall and the …
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Book of the Week: O My America! Six Women and their Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler. This is a delightful romp through the 19th century with six middle-aged women, each of whom re-invented herself in the United States and either published a book about her experiences or journaled extensively. Wheeler is …
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