Reading and Roaming
THREE RECENT READS In this post, I offer three books I’ve read recently. One is Doris Kearns Goodwin’s conversational inside scoop on the 1960’s as experienced by her and by her spouse, Richard Goodwin, politico, speechwriter, and occasional sounding board for both John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Judith Jones was a book editor who …
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I’ve been doing a lot of reading and some TV viewing, so here are a TV series getting a fair bit of good press and one novel from my summer list. True to the past, I keep picking up and reading books unrelated to those I’ve assigned myself. More book thoughts in future posts! ROMPING …
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THIS HOT FOURTH OF JULY Like many Americans, we celebrated this 4th of July holiday with picnic fare (hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, and barbecued ribs plus sides) albeit indoors. In the afternoon, we were treated to a recital by A Touch of Brass, an instrumental group consisting of trumpets, trombone, drums, and French horn. This group of six …
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VIEWING: VICARS AND CRIME Grantchester Season 9 (PBS) Life in the village of Grantchester rolls on, and Vicar Will Davenport, with some hesitation, accepts a new job offer. He and Bonnie and their kids will move to Newcastle. The Chief Penguin and I watched the entire season of eight episodes, and we think it’s an excellent one. Episodes …
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