Reading and Roaming
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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VIEWING UPLIFTING FILM On the Basis of Sex (Amazon Prime) Somehow, I missed seeing this film about Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early career when it was first released. This week seemed the right time. Based on RBG’s life, it isn’t a documentary, but a wonderfully satisfying success story. First in her law school class at Harvard and first in her …
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BINGEING ON CRIME DCI Banks (Amazon Prime) This detective series is a BBC production from several years ago. I think it is excellent. Alan Banks is a middle-aged chief inspector in Yorkshire with a dour demeanor and a sometimes-sour look. You’d think he’d be hardnosed, but underneath that façade, he is compassionate toward victims and diplomatic when necessary. Yet, he …
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