Reading and Roaming
RECENT READING: ESCAPE, ARTIST ON THE RUN Saoirse (pronounced Sear-sha) by Charleen Hurtubise Like the title character in Saoirse, her first novel published in the United States, Charleen Hurtubise spent part of her childhood in Michigan and is also an artist. Today, she lives in Dublin but is still attached to Donegal. Saoirse initially appears to be a settled artist, …
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TRAIN TO CHARLOTTE Earlier this week, we made a short trip to Charlotte to visit some very good friends who formerly lived in Florida. The train station in Cary is bright and modern and a most pleasant place to wait. Amtrak trains to New York and Florida absorbed most of the passengers while we awaited the arrival …
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RECENT READING: DAILY LIFE LIVED WELL The Irish Goodbye: Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly The term, “Irish goodbye,” means leaving a party or a gathering quietly without saying goodbye to anyone. The Irish Goodbye is a collection of short to extremely brief writings by the former poet laureate of Mississippi. It ranges from her quick thoughts on married …
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MOVIE TIME: A PSYCHIATRIST IN CRISIS A Private Life (Cary Theater) Having discovered the delights of our local movie theater, the Chief Penguin and I walked downtown again. This time to see Jodie Foster in A Private Life. A French film in French with subtitles and a few snatches of English, it’s a little bit of everything: murder mystery, love …
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