Reading and Roaming
When you can’t travel to new destinations, then it’s best to enjoy what’s local and watch or read about other times, other places. We did some of both this past week. ORCHID SHOW—LOCAL COLOR For their 45th annual orchid show, Selby Gardens honors founder Marie Selby and celebrates the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to …
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A visit to Selby Gardens was a restorative and the TV program, Islands of Wonder: Madagascar, both stunning and memorable since I spent 3 weeks there in 2009.
READING BIOGRAPHY When it comes to nonfiction, I read more biography than anything else. I find historical biography often compelling and am regularly drawn into memoirs written by contemporaries. The past few weeks, I’ve been dipping into two works in this genre. The True History of the First Mrs. Meredith and Other Lesser Lives by Diane Johnson Novelist Diane …
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SNATCHES OF ISRAEL The Chief Penguin and I were last in Israel in 1999, and then only in Jerusalem. He had been several times before and to Haifa and Tel-Aviv. The trip was for a library conference for me and he was the accompanying spouse. For my librarian friends, it was the annual IFLA (International Federation of Library …
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