Reading and Roaming
WINTER THOUGHTS Good morning. Like much of the country, North Carolina is experiencing a winter weather event. For some, it will be a really massive storm with inches and possibly feet of snow; for others, after a bit of snow, the real concern is freezing rain and ice. We’ve had just over an inch of snow and are …
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WATCHING: A Star Reflects Jay Kelly (Netflix) If you’re one of George Clooney’s many fans, then you will want to see this film. Jay Kelly is the story of one famous movie star’s reflecting on his past life, his successes, but mostly his shortcomings and omissions. Stunned by the death of a mentor, and then …
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CHRISTMAS TREES The Chief Penguin and I gave up having a live Christmas tree some years ago since we were almost always out of town. We thought we moved one of our 2 ft. blinking-colored-lights trees, but alas, we had not. Consequently, we enjoy all the decorated trees in our building. And yesterday, the North Carolina extended …
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MYSTERY: JIMMY PEREZ IS BACK The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves It’s been seven years since Ann Cleeves published the final Shetland mystery, Wild Fire. She thought she was done with detective Jimmy Perez and ready to move on to other stories. But earlier visits to the Orkney Islands called out to her. It’s gentler than Shetland, and she’s set …
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