Reading Round-up: Books & More Books

READING ROUND-UP JAN.-MARCH 2018  In the first quarter, I read all novels except for one memoir  As it happens, the novels were all written by women with the exception of Wells’ 1909 novel.  And that book is about a modern woman.  To read my review of any of these titles, just key in the title …

Tidy Tidbits: Lobster, Roe & James

DINING OUT Lazy Lobster We’ve enjoyed food from the Lazy Lobster on Longboat Key several times, so it was a pleasure to dine again in their light-filled airy dining room.  There is outside seating too, but it was already taken on this bright Sunday afternoon.  Service was attentive, but leisurely given the crowd.  We, like …

Tidy Tidbits: Of Eggs and Art

SNAPSHOTS OF EASTER When I was a child and young adult, Easter was a major holiday.  Not major like Christmas, but certainly notable and celebrated.  Those celebrations included Easter baskets stuffed with green plastic grass and an assortment of jelly beans (the spice ones were the best!) and colorful foil-wrapped chocolate eggs.  If one was …

Culture Notes: Movies, etc.

With the exception of the lecture we heard, these films and books all focus on women—young women, angry women, and one, a queen. BINGEING ON MOVIES AT HOME The Chief Penguin and I are trying to catch up on some of this past year’s best films, or at least ones that got a lot of …