Reading and Roaming
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! On this year’s Independence Day, there is much to celebrate. With the waning of the pandemic, we can be out and about and gather safely with friends and family. Particularly if we are fully vaccinated. We have been through a bruising few years. It is heartening to now have a president who is compassionate, committed, …
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DOCUMENTARIES—HEROES & SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVES Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War (PBS) This film by Ken Burns is a moving portrait of the sacrifices made by American minister Waitstill Sharp and his wife Martha during the Second World War. In 1939, they left their children behind in Massachusetts and went on a secret mission to Berlin to help refugees …
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NEW NATIONAL HOLIDAY Today, June 19, is Juneteenth. It is now a federal holiday and yesterday, government workers had the day off. It commemorates the date in 1865 when Texas got the word that American slaves were emancipated. Many states already have Juneteenth celebrations, but this bill, passed by both houses of Congress and signed into law on …
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PURE ESCAPISM Summer is often viewed as the time to indulge in lighter reading fare—mysteries, thrillers, beach reads and the like. Here are two recent notable novels (one a first novel) that are well written and meet the criterion of being thrilling or suspenseful. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner First time novelist, Penner has penned an …
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