Reading and Roaming
ETA This is the hurricane season that just doesn’t want to quit. It was a wild week with tropical storm Eta bearing down on Florida’s southwest coast. In our area, we experienced torrential rain (8 inches total) and wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. At high tide, the surge brought brought water and …
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MOMENTOUS WEEK Sunday, November 8, 2020 The 2020 presidential election is one for the history books. For many women, it was an especially momentous one. After the long wait all week, the afternoon was suddenly brighter. Watching Kamala Harris deliver her first speech as Vice President-elect last evening was simply marvelous. Then, after President-elect Joe …
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We are mostly at home these days with just the regular outings to the supermarket, cheese shop, and this week Costco. After many months of this, plus lots of reading and TV viewing, we are now beginning to sign up for and watch cultural offerings online. A few weeks ago, it was two interviews in The New …
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VIEWING OPTIONS From New Zealand to Australia to Spain, I’ve been traveling the world in my recent TV viewing. It’s marvelous to have so many new series from which to choose. The Sounds (Acorn) The Sounds is an adventure tale. It’s set in the fiords off New Zealand’s South Island. Doubtful Sound or the better-known Milford Sound are …
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