Reading and Roaming
SECOND SPRING In May, we typically spend the month in Manhattan. It’s a round robin of visits to great art museums, dining at favorite restaurants, sampling new eateries, people watching in the parks, discovering new titles from beloved bookstores, and spending lots of time with our delightful granddaughters—without being a drag on their busy schedules. We …
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This week I share a novel that deals with life in East Berlin before the Wall comes down and a chilling film about a Nazi Commandant who lives with his family just outside the camp at Auschwitz. For my local friends, thoughts on another Indian restaurant. CHALLENGING NOVEL Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck In 2015, the Chief Penguin …
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I’m still enthusing about spring here and reveling in the beauty of droopy, fragrant Chinese wisteria (header photo), early azaleas, and the lovely slim branches of the redbud trees. A SINGULAR WOMAN Becoming Madame Secretary by Stephanie Dray If you spend any appreciable time in mid-coast Maine, you are likely to become aware of Frances Perkins, …
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THE BIG MOVE After a decade of retirement living on the west coast of Florida, the Chief Penguin and I moved to eastern North Carolina! We spent two days on the road with a night in Brunswick, Georgia, before arriving in our new state. Move-in day was just a week ago, but we’ve made great progress toward …
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