Reading and Roaming
A LAZY WEEK We escaped the heat after Portland and are now happily settled mid coast on Southport Island. I have to confess that we have been somewhat lazy this week. Not in terms of projects, though. I’ve re-discovered Zentangle and have been having fun creating one tile each day, while the Chief Penguin is keeping up with politics and …
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A 4th of July that included a reading of the Declaration and a Cary Town Band patriotic concert.
ON THE SMALL SCREEN The Other Bennet Sister (BritBox) Mary Bennet is the odd sister out. Very smart, but plain compared to her other sisters, she is harassed, berated by her mother, and oftentimes just ignored by her many siblings. In Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, she is viewed as having no marital prospects, while her sisters all gain …
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FORWARD-LOOKING LIBRARY Hunt Library at NC State Earlier this week, we had the fun of touring the impressive Hunt Library at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Around here, the university is commonly known as just State. Good friends, Frank and Judy, were our hosts and arranged for a wonderful tour led by staff from the library …
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