Reading and Roaming
ART AT THE FARNSWORTH Rockland, an hour or so north of Southport, is a charming town with some intriguing little shops and a variety of small restaurants plus a movie theater. We usually head up here for just the art museum and lunch, but we should really return sometime and dally in the shops. Maybe next year. …
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ARRIVING We landed in Portland on Thursday afternoon expecting cool breezes, but it was hot. Not as hot as we North Carolinians have been experiencing, but HOT for Maine. Also because we spent more time wandering around outside in the bright sun than at home. Overall, the heat prompted a lazier approach to our 36 hours …
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ON THE SMALL SCREEN The Other Bennet Sister (BritBox) Mary Bennet is the odd sister out. Very smart, but plain compared to her other sisters, she is harassed, berated by her mother, and oftentimes just ignored by her many siblings. In Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, she is viewed as having no marital prospects, while her sisters all gain …
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SUMMER READING Last One Out by Jane Harper Last One Out is Australian novelist Jane Harper’s sixth book. It’s a mystery, but one with a slow burn. For the fifth anniversary of her son Sam’s disappearance, Ro Crowley returns from Sydney to the small town of Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial event. She and her husband Griff are …
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