Reading and Roaming
Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and for many, it’s a chance for one last barbecue or picnic before work and school take center stage. We don’t have any special holiday plans, but it does seem an appropriate time to focus on food. So this week’s blog is mostly local, as they say. …
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READING WOMEN Our local paper included an article from the Washington Post by Alyssa Rosenberg about reading a year’s worth of books written by women. That’s a fine idea, but she carried it a step further and did a pair of books each month for a total of 24. I was intrigued and checked to …
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Book of the Week: O My America! Six Women and their Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler. This is a delightful romp through the 19th century with six middle-aged women, each of whom re-invented herself in the United States and either published a book about her experiences or journaled extensively. Wheeler is …
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