Reading and Roaming
We arrived yesterday morning in London and powered through the day with lots of walking, one nap, and a respectable early bedtime. Today we increased our step count exploring Knightsbridge (think Harrod’s Food Hall) and spending time in both Hyde Park and Green Park. The rose garden was mostly over except for one or two …
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As I’ve walked around the West Village, I’ve been struck by the variety of wrought iron railing and fence designs. Some examples here plus notes on David Carr’s memoir and the Tenement Museum. RECENT READING The Night of the Gun by David Carr At the Aspen Ideas Festival several years ago, I saw Andrew …
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What’s it like to do citizen science? How do we stay connected to others as we age? And where were you when the Beatles hit the U.S.? Books and film notes this week. Citizen Scientist by Mary Ellen Hannibal I have just started my science writer friend Mary Ellen Hannibal’s new book, but want to give …
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This week we got to two new films and I finished a long and totally absorbing historical novel, The Gilded Hour, set in NYC in 1883. MOVIE TIME Florence Foster Jenkins I will go see Meryl Streep in almost anything and this is a good, not great, movie. Florence was a real person and Streep …
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