Reading and Roaming
FUN WITH GRANDKIDS This past week our son and family made their annual visit to Maine, always a high point of the summer. We all visited the botanical gardens where the girls, 9 and 5, love the children’s garden. The small playhouse is their first stop, followed by getting in the rowboat and trying to work the oars. This time …
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LOBSTER ROLLS Last year we were disappointed in the lobster rolls we ordered, no one of them was outstanding. Not only is the amount and type of lobster important, having the right kind of roll (split hot dog bun toasted) is key. On our quest this year for a great lobster roll, we are more pleased. …
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ON SCREEN Time and Mortality On Golden Pond (Amazon Prime $) Jennifer Finney Boylan is an occasional opinion writer for the New York Times and an English professor at Bard. Years ago, I read her groundbreaking memoir, She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, about her transition from male to female. I find her columns thoughtful and insightful. In …
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! On this year’s Independence Day, there is much to celebrate. With the waning of the pandemic, we can be out and about and gather safely with friends and family. Particularly if we are fully vaccinated. We have been through a bruising few years. It is heartening to now have a president who is compassionate, committed, …
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