Carolina Comments: Books, Drama, Tapestry

BOOKS AND READING Navy Wife on Tiny Italian Island:  The Half Life by Rachel Beanland In the early 1970s, Eileen O’Malley is still mourning the death of her brother in the Vietnam War when she marries Naval officer Paul Archer.  He works in radiological control on submarines and soon, they are posted to tiny La Maddalena, off the …

France: Bayeux, pt. 2

DINNER IN BAYEUX Last night we had a real dinner in a modern restaurant in an old building in Bayeux.  Only the second restaurant dinner this trip.  La Quarante Neuf was recommended by our trip organizers.  And our B&B hostess said we’d made a good choice.  Our reservation was for 7:00 pm, the minute they opened, and we were …