Category Archives: General Discussion

NEWS UPDATE: Cod End has been sold to Linda Bean (I’m pretty sure) and may re-open for dockside eating (not as sure) sometime, under some name.  No sailboats  have sailed into the harbor yet, so I don’t know about other … Continue reading →

“And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days….” (Check webcam page to verify.) The breezes are soft and frequent enough  to see if I can still tell the whispering of old oak … Continue reading →

THE WEBCAM IS ON! Walkers-by asked if I was the bookstore of the sign on the  tree at the corner.  This is early and exciting and I said I was,  so Charlie quickly hooked the BOOKS and OPEN 2-6 yard … Continue reading →

We made it! A long, tough winter and a long travel day are over and summer at Roseledge is here and going stupendously — well except for the rain and chill. But the recliner has heat and massage, the mist … Continue reading →

Some — too few — days the news is so-o-o good.  In today’s NYT, Disney Chairman Robert Iger said that one reason Bob Sherwood would be a good head of Disney is “his creativity and storytelling“!  When was the last … Continue reading →

Is there better news than to hear that some of you have secured cottage reservations, cajoled friends into finding and saving cottage space nearby, may come if RB gets new t-shirts (Charlie is working on it), think that Paul Doiron’s … Continue reading →

Such riches for mulling, it’s hard to know where to begin. President Obama’s team has started to think about his presidential library and the documenting of his life.   This is exciting, but oh my!  How one hopes the team … Continue reading →

Wary is the word of the day.  Front and center but below the bend of pages A1 and B1 in the paper NYT were two warnings to the naive reader, if such still exists. First wary warning is John Lefevre’s … Continue reading →

Krista Tippett interviewed Anne Hamilton (2/13/14), who calls herself a maker, rather than an artist (interesting), and thinks the big question is “How can we be together?” Oh yes! As not getting along is the subject matter of most books … Continue reading →

*Once-asked-questions have been flooding (okay, seeping) into my email. As you all know, I hope, I answer them in the blog. So… Question: I’m going to Paris.  What’s a good mystery? RB Suggestion: Cara Black’s series features a different Parisian … Continue reading →