Reading and Roaming
BEAUTY IN GLASS Each year, Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota highlights the work of a notable artist as inspiration for special art throughout the gardens. Other years have built on the interplay of art and nature in the works of Andy Warhol, Marc Chagall, and Monet. This year’s focus is on the stained glass art of Louis …
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READERS’ FAVORITES Here are a some of the book recommendations I received from my regular readers. You will see a few familiar titles here as well as new ones. And There Was Light by Jon Meacham (nonfiction about Abraham Lincoln) Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout Booth by K. J. Fowler The Swimmers by J. Otsuka Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie …
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FOOD FOR THE BRAIN This week we attended in person the first program in the Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) 2023 Global Issues series. It was the first time we’d been back live since Covid. Attendance was sparse compared to earlier years, but the speaker was excellent. Former Ambassador Barbara Stephenson is the inaugural vice-provost for global affairs …
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At the beginning of the new year, I like to look back over my list and reflect on the books I enjoyed the most and thought were the best written. Most of them are recent works. They are novels with a few nonfiction titles tossed in. Here are my top 10 favorite books of 2022 arranged alphabetically …
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