Reading and Roaming
WILDLIFE One of the pleasures of living on the coast overlooking the water is having nature all around us. Not only is it peaceful, but I love seeing the variety of birds that live or find their way here: Great Egrets, White Ibis, scaups and other ducks, wood storks, herons of several hues, white pelicans, …
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NOVEL PAIRING The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee I really enjoyed Lee’s first novel, The Piano Teacher, and so approached her new one with enthusiasm. It too is wonderful, but in a different way. Set in the present rather than the past, it details the daily lives over the course of a year of …
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BOOK OF THE WEEK Mary McGrory: The First Queen of Journalism by John Norris. Although this is a biography, it is perhaps even more a rollicking review of presidential campaigns and Congressional politics from the McCarthy hearings through the Bush eras, all as viewed from the perspective of columnist Mary McGrory and her colleagues. Brash, …
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Not the Season But You soon learn when you move here, that everyone refers to “the season.” The season runs from after Christmas through April and perhaps into May. It’s when the snowbirds fly south, all of the part-time residents are back, and the cultural season is in full swing. That said, although the season …
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