Reading and Roaming
For a change of pace this week, I’m profiling three works, a mystery novel by the clever and creative Anthony Horowitz, and two TV crime series in which the Chief Penguin and I have been immersed. One set in coastal Denmark and the other in the remote Shetland Islands DEATH BY WINE BOTTLE The Sentence …
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READING I have several recent novels set in Maine in my book stack and will be reading and commenting on them in the next few blogs. Below is the first one I’ve just finished which, after a slow start for me, I enjoyed quite a lot. I received a link to a blog post recommending 12 …
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ART OF ALL KINDS The Whitney Biennial 2022 (Whitney Museum of American Art) Roughly every two years since 1932, the Whitney has presented a survey of contemporary American art. This year’s exhibit occupies two floors of the museum and includes more women than some years and, overall, a very diverse set of artists. Viewing the exhibit, one might …
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GARDENS ABUNDANT BLOOMS If I were asked to name the most common flowers in this part of Maine, it would be daylilies and black-eyed Susans. Native to North America, Black-eyed Susans or Rudbeckia hirta are now found in the lower 48 states. A close third would be the many varieties of cone flowers. We made another …
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