Reading and Roaming
ARRIVING The scenic drive from Cordoba to Granada took us past groves and groves of olive trees for miles and miles. And up and down and around the mountain’s curving roads. The entire time was not quite two and a half hours. And then, suddenly, we were in a big city again, more Barcelona-like than …
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CHARMING CAMDEN Earlier this week, we drove up to Camden, another pretty town on the Maine coast. Incorporated in 1791, Camden is on the Penobscot Bay and running through it is the Megunticook River. Early industries took advantage of power from watermills and included shipbuilding and textiles. Beginning in the 1880’s, Camden attracted wealthy folks from Boston, Philadelphia, …
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This week, I comment on a novel about several Irish women who’d like more in their lives and on a TV series about the infamous English sisters who thought nothing of ignoring and defying the accepted standards of society. Plus I offer up a few photos taken at the local botanical garden. RECENT READING: VILLAGE …
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ABROAD AT HOME Outing to Pinehurst, NC Most people think of golf when they hear Pinehurst as this small town, southwest of Cary, is considered the “Cradle of American Golf.” There are more than a dozen area golf courses. On the outskirts of Pinehurst is the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, part of Sandhills Community College. A group of us visited the …
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