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RECOMMEND: YES OR NO?
C. J. Box had me at the first bike ride through North Dakota’s icy, rutted, snow-covered fields at dawn. And at the cold, the really, really cold. And with the kid on his bike in the cold, witnessing a car … Continue reading
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A THANKSGIVING LITANY
Thanks for Thanksgiving, I say. Thanks for Ellen Goodman, who once wrote — as I recall — that Thanksgiving was the best holiday: good food, no gifts, and family together — for about four hours. Surely there is research to … Continue reading
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AHA! IRISH IN EARLY ICELAND. AND NEWFOUNDLAND, TOO?
I have always known the Irish beat the Vikings to North America, but convincing the doubters has been tricky. My most reputable evidence is that Tim Severin had a replica of a Medieval leather boat built and sailed it across … Continue reading
BACK IN THE SADDLE
Finally, my malevolent body is better and this most dreadful summer of my discontent is over. So it’s into fall, repeating forever mea culpa, and moving onto whatever is next. I hope you’ll be with me because talking to myself … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS, WHAT A DEAL!
I may be away this summer, but Roseledge Books is there, open sometimes and offering it’s best deal ever. First things first — the deal. Maybe for this summer only, RB OVERSTOCK books are priced at the VERY LOW PRICE … Continue reading
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THERE IN SPIRIT, EXPECTING ESP
August is here and I am not there and what is a willing, but unable, body to do? Rant maybe, but that’s no fun alone. So I have taken to watching the Scandinavian mysteries with subtitles on MHZ, mostly for … Continue reading
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BOOKISH EXCITEMENT
CHARLIE IS A SUPER-VILLAIN!!! Yes, son Charlie, joy of my life, is a Marvel Comics super-villain named CHAZZ with the super power of hacking. Who knew? Who would even have guessed? [pe2-image src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8wZWLQazIJw/VP4C1_FPTHI/AAAAAAAADP4/-nbBS-9JAOM/s144-c-o/panel-small.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/111061230789680767628/RoseledgeBlog#6124335669760183410″ caption=”Exciting/is/the hack attack/now/and maybe later! … Continue reading
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SNOWY DAYS, CONTINUING
Snow here today; snow there tomorrow. Curses. And time for more bookish suggestions from and for snowy day frolickers. BE A BOOK VOYEUR: LOOK AT WHAT OTHERS ARE READING Checking out what others are reading is always fun, but it’s … Continue reading
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SNOWY DAY JOY FOR READERLY FOLKS
Feeling sorry for yourself in the snow and ice and cold? You think you’re cooped-up and alone, with no one to talk to? Think again, readers. Talk to the newspaper, reader to reader. Then, bring in old friends. This could … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS AND SNOW: PROS AND CON
Roseledge before this weekend’s coming snow, forecast to be TWO MORE FEET before blizzard-strength wind rearranges it. [pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JHuWmJhDJc4/VOC9UeHk6GI/AAAAAAAADOo/hHHCWgeETAk/s144-c-o/FullSizeRender.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/111061230789680767628/RoseledgeBlog#6116096453349009506″ caption=”See the snow; feel the snow; be glad you are not in the snow. Read a book. (Thanks to goodheart … Continue reading
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