On the Move: Spring to Budding Spring

This post is a mix of comments from North Carolina, a recent novel, and a note about spring in Manhattan.  DINING IN THE TRIANGLE Taste Vietnamese Cuisine, Morrisville, NC The Chief Penguin and I regularly join the Adventurous Eaters group for lunch at a different restaurant each month.  Our area is home to a wide variety …

Carolina Comments: Demonstrating, Reading, Eating

POLITICAL PROTEST Hands Off! It has been gratifying whether personally or vicariously to experience the fabulous turnout in the many Hands Off protests across the country and around the world.  Family members and friends of ours participated in Greensboro, Raleigh, Philadelphia, Indiana, and D.C.   These demonstrations send a powerful visual message of anger and outrage over …

Carolina Comments: Reading & Eating

RECENT READING: ADVENTURE AND SUSPENSE ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC Maurice and Maralyn:  An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love by Sophie Elmhirst Maurice Bailey was a quiet Englishman, a print setter, awkward, insecure, and uncomfortable around other people.  He lived alone, wanted to escape his dowdy village, and never expected to marry.  Nine years younger, Maralyn was …

Carolina Comments: Potpourri

MUSICIAL INTERLUDE Chamber Music Raleigh The Chief Penguin and I are new to the Chamber Music Raleigh series.  It’s held in an intimate auditorium in the North Carolina Museum of Art on Sunday afternoons.  To date, the performers have included a cello quartet (yes, 4 cellos!), a trio of female string players, and most recently, the Italian …