Reading and Roaming
JAUNTING ALONG THE HUDSON We have taken advantage of being only a block from the water to explore nearby Pier 45. One evening at dusk, a group of young people were dancing to Brazilian tunes there while other folks sat on the lawn braving the cold breeze. The other morning we walked the promenade from Pier …
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Books My recent reading has ranged from the very serious to the quite serious to the more frivolous. Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals that Brought Me Home by Jessica Fechtor. Sound depressing, but it wasn’t. Yes, Ms. Fechtor did suffer a brain aneurysm at the tender age of 28, but her optimistic spirit …
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BACKSTAGE AT ASOLO We had the opportunity to take a backstage tour at the Asolo Repertory Theater’s Mertz Theater earlier this week and it was fascinating. There was a tech rehearsal in progress (just what it sounds like, all the technical aspects of the production—lighting, sound, projection, etc.—run through), and we got a peek at …
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BOOK GROUPS I have been a participant in a book group of some sort almost forever. In my 20’s, I was part of a group that was made up of English professors and two librarians, me being one of the latter. All members were female. I can’t recall the titles we discussed, but I do …
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