Reading and Roaming
WHAT A WONDERFUL WEEK! The inauguration of Joe Biden as U.S. President and Kamala Harris as Vice-President was marvelous and memorable in so many ways. A reset in tone, a return to competence, a series of firsts, and the beginning of an administration more representative in gender, race, background, and experience than the previous one. …
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ON THE SCREEN Holiday Cooking Class The other evening, we enjoyed a cooking demonstration. Clarkson University, the Chief Penguin’s alma mater, invited alumni to see and join their campus chef in the preparation of several dishes. They included a colorful cranberry and whiskey cocktail, baked brie, baby potatoes wrapped in bacon, and julienned root vegetables with pistachio …
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Covid-19 has limited activities for most everyone to some extent. Those of us who are more vulnerable are spending more time at home, not dining out, and not going to concerts or plays. What do we do? If you’re an avid reader like me, then you might tackle several of those tomes you’ve always been meaning to read—or …
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NOVEMBER MOOD If you live in a true temperate climate, like I did growing up, you might say that the months have personalities. Personalities influenced by the weather and the holidays. In November, in upstate New York, it got dark early and then earlier and earlier. And it was cold. Often the first significant snowfall …
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