Reading and Roaming
TULIP TIME Spring in Manhattan usually means a surfeit of tulips. This year is no exception. Despite rain and wind which have beaten down some blooms, we still discovered colorful arrays here and there. In Central Park, in the Jefferson Market Garden, and in the occasional street-side bed. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA Our midweek outing was a …
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RECENT VIEWING FRENCH DETECTIVES TRIUMPH AGAIN Astrid Season 5 (PBS Masterpiece) Season 5 of Astrid has been available for some months now. I started watching it a while ago and only finished it this week. It’s a satisfyingly rich season with the usual array of quirky and weird murder cases, but what makes it special is the tight friendship between …
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MUSIC IN THE PARK Each spring, Chamber Music Raleigh holds one of its concerts in a public park. Last Sunday, we spent a most pleasant two hours in Ritter Park in Cary listening to the American Brass Quintet. The weather was warm, not hot, and metal picnic tables under a canopy provided seating, shading us from the sun. …
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RECENT READING: ESCAPE, ARTIST ON THE RUN Saoirse (pronounced Sear-sha) by Charleen Hurtubise Like the title character in Saoirse, her first novel published in the United States, Charleen Hurtubise spent part of her childhood in Michigan and is also an artist. Today, she lives in Dublin but is still attached to Donegal. Saoirse initially appears to be a settled artist, …
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