Reading and Roaming
DIARIES. As someone who has kept journals of one sort or another most of my life, I’m also interested in the diary as a fictional device. Here are a few words about my journaling and notes on two recent novels where diaries are key to the underlying story. My first diary, which I no longer have, …
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It was a week for birds, manatees, and several very good films. WILDLIFE My sister Ann is more of a nature person than I am. She and Paul visited us this past week and they both enjoyed seeing the shore birds from our lanai. Lots of great white egrets, white and a few brown pelicans, …
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HOLIDAY IN NEW YORK We’re back in the Big Apple and for us Floridians (guess we’ve become that), it’s cold. But so far no snow predicted, only some warm rain over the next few days. We’re eating at old and new restaurants and while the lure of the West Village is strong, we are working …
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LIGHT FARE With hurricane Irma on our minds and the strange anticipation of not knowing what its track will be—will we just get rain or will we be wiped out—it’s time for some diversion. Here are two recommended films, one fun, the other sobering, and two books, both easy on the brain. BIG SCREEN Dunkirk …
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