Reading and Roaming
LIFELONG LEARNING ONLINE This season we again subscribed to the two Sarasota Institute of Lifetime Learning (SILL) series, Music Mondays, and Global Affairs. We have in person tickets, but also the ability to watch the presentations online after the event. So far, we have not felt comfortable going physically and sitting in a church sanctuary for an …
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RECENT READING Oh William! By Elizabeth Strout Elizabeth Strout’s new novel, Oh William!, is a winner. Those who have read the earlier novel, My Name is Lucy Barton, will be acquainted with the main character. Lucy is a successful writer and William is her ex-husband. She left him some years ago after he had a string of affairs, and she then married …
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A roundup of my favorite books of 2021 plus comments on two recent novels.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as All Saints Day. The evening before was dubbed All Hallows Eve which later became Halloween. Whether you honor saints or celebrate with pumpkins, skeletons, ghosts and candy corn, have a wonderful day! FLIGHT AND SO MUCH MORE Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead I’ll start right off by …
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