Reading and Roaming
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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THE LINNAEUS GARDEN This morning was cool with bright sun to start. We headed for the garden with stops along the way to take photos of the cathedral and other sites under blue skies. It was cloudy and very windy later on. A professor of medicine and botany at Uppsala University, Carl Linnaeus (1707-1748) created …
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Here are two books I read recently. One is literary fiction by an author I know from previous works. The other is a romance which is clever, humorous, and just fun. The Chief Penguin and I also made our second visit to the botanical garden this week, so I offer a few comments on it …
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