Reading and Roaming
WATCHING My Brilliant Career (Netflix) My Brilliant Career is a 6-part series based on the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Australian writer, Miles Franklin. Sybylla leaves her dirt-poor family and goes to stay with her grandmother, ostensibly to find a husband, but in her mind to experience more of the world and to become a writer …
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MAINE AND ITS LOBSTERS Maine State Aquarium Red lobsters, blue lobsters, and white lobsters. You can learn about them and even see some specimens at the Maine State Aquarium which is part of the Maine Discovery Center. This facility is in West Boothbay Harbor at McKown Point. We visited this tiny museum, which since our last visit …
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SUMMER READING Last One Out by Jane Harper Last One Out is Australian novelist Jane Harper’s sixth book. It’s a mystery, but one with a slow burn. For the fifth anniversary of her son Sam’s disappearance, Ro Crowley returns from Sydney to the small town of Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial event. She and her husband Griff are …
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BOOKS FOR SUMMER For some years now, I’ve been in the habit of drawing up a list of books I hope to read over the summer. Some are long hardbacks or biographies I have put off, others are just fun mysteries or beach reads, and one or two might be titles for my book club. It’s a …
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