Reading and Roaming
It’s winter and the weather outside is cold and gray and sleety. When not exercising in the gym or fulfilling our several committee assignments, the Chief Penguin and I find ourselves burrowing deep into reading or bingeing on a TV series. Hence, this week, you have here a book and a medical drama. FABULOUS NOVEL The Correspondent by …
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RECENT VIEWING A Logger’s Life in the West: Train Dreams (Netflix) Train Dreams is a quiet serious film set in the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th century and based on a novella by Denis Johnson. Logging was at its peak, and trains were the fastest means of transportation across great distances. Robert Grainier is a logger, a dreamer, and …
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STACKS OF BOOKS One of my January pleasures is eying my stack of new books waiting to be read. In our family, books are frequent Christmas gifts, and I eagerly anticipate adding to my Kindle list or stack of new titles. This year was no exception and before the year even turned over, I got underway on …
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RELAXING WITH HOLIDAY FILMS “When the weather outside is frightful….” It wasn’t frightful, but definitely December cold and windy, so over the past week, we hunkered down most evenings and watched a series of holiday films including the Call the Midwife special. Plus one with Diane Keaton we hadn’t ever seen. Here’s our round-up. Love …
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