Reading and Roaming
RELAXING WITH HOLIDAY FILMS “When the weather outside is frightful….” It wasn’t frightful, but definitely December cold and windy, so over the past week, we hunkered down most evenings and watched a series of holiday films including the Call the Midwife special. Plus one with Diane Keaton we hadn’t ever seen. Here’s our round-up. Love …
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CHRISTMAS TREES The Chief Penguin and I gave up having a live Christmas tree some years ago since we were almost always out of town. We thought we moved one of our 2 ft. blinking-colored-lights trees, but alas, we had not. Consequently, we enjoy all the decorated trees in our building. And yesterday, the North Carolina extended …
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VIEWING: HISTORY MADE VIVID The American Revolution (PBS) Ken Burns has done it again! The American Revolution, his latest series, is fascinating, compelling, and a rich viewing experience. The Chief Penguin and I just completed the second episode (each is two hours, so we watch half at a time), but we are finding it eye-opening. Burns has assembled a wide …
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VACATION READING When I’m on a long trip like our most recent one, I usually do some reading, but I don’t attempt any serious long fiction. Mostly, I read lighter fare, some of it fluff, which is diversion for those scattered bits of downtime. Here are several of those titles. SWEET NOVEL A Shoe Story by Jane L. …
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