Reading and Roaming
VIEWING OPTIONS From New Zealand to Australia to Spain, I’ve been traveling the world in my recent TV viewing. It’s marvelous to have so many new series from which to choose. The Sounds (Acorn) The Sounds is an adventure tale. It’s set in the fiords off New Zealand’s South Island. Doubtful Sound or the better-known Milford Sound are …
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When you can’t travel to new destinations, then it’s best to enjoy what’s local and watch or read about other times, other places. We did some of both this past week. ORCHID SHOW—LOCAL COLOR For their 45th annual orchid show, Selby Gardens honors founder Marie Selby and celebrates the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to …
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THOUGHT-PROVOKING MEMOIR Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race by Thomas Chatterton Williams (2019) Even before his marriage and the birth of his first child, Williams straddled, or at least experienced, both the white and the Black worlds. His father is a Southern Black and his mother a white woman, and while mixed race, …
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THIS WEEK Some of my readers will recall the satirical political TV series hosted by David Frost, “That Was the Week that Was,” affectionately dubbed TW3. Certainly, this past week in the U.S. was a TW3! From the announcement of Amy Coney Barrett to the revelations about Trump’s tax returns to the embarrassing brawl of …
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