Reading and Roaming
ON THE SCREEN Holiday Cooking Class The other evening, we enjoyed a cooking demonstration. Clarkson University, the Chief Penguin’s alma mater, invited alumni to see and join their campus chef in the preparation of several dishes. They included a colorful cranberry and whiskey cocktail, baked brie, baby potatoes wrapped in bacon, and julienned root vegetables with pistachio …
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In general, I average reading at least a book a week. This year, I did the same, but even though I had more available time, it was sometimes hard to settle down. One of the effects of worrying about Covid-19. My reading was heavily novels with a few mysteries, memoirs, and other nonfiction mixed in. Here are some of …
Continue reading “2020 in Books: My Favorites”
CELEBRATIONS Covid Thanksgiving For most everyone I know, Covid-19 put a crimp in their holiday plans. Travel cancelled, gatherings reduced in size, no family present and on it goes. It’s probably the strangest Thanksgiving most of us have experienced. But ours was still a very good one. We are healthy (priority one, I’d say), and we enjoyed a …
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Covid-19 has limited activities for most everyone to some extent. Those of us who are more vulnerable are spending more time at home, not dining out, and not going to concerts or plays. What do we do? If you’re an avid reader like me, then you might tackle several of those tomes you’ve always been meaning to read—or …
Continue reading “Escaping the Pandemic: Reading & Eating”
