Category Archives: Activity Books

FIRST THINGS FIRST, PART 3

Posted on June 22, 2009 by colleen

Finally, the last of the order lists.  To make it more intriguing, look for fat biographies, detailed memoirs, journals, logs, or diaries of adventurers in places doing things we know too little about, at least four works with (sometimes remote) … Continue reading →

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HOW DO YOU REMEMBER?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by colleen

We were all of an age, though I more so, talking about how we remembered book lore. I argued for webs of proper nouns, especially names because they are more easily checked for misspellings, and connected by moving information. Reader … Continue reading →

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WITHDRAWAL

Posted on September 17, 2008 by colleen

Leaving Tenants Harbor is always full of pangs, but when early September comes, it’s time to head back to Minnesota. “You winter in Minnesota?” an incredulous visitor asks. I do. Minnesota’s snow and very cold are easier for me to … Continue reading →

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MORE BOOKS ADDED #3

Posted on August 7, 2008 by colleen

Quite exciting news is that Roseledge Books has a second bestseller — which means three coipies have been sold. Walter Isaacson’s Einstein is now added to Steven Johnson’s The Ghost Map, and together they document how nifty are the readers … Continue reading →

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JOURNALS, MEMOIRS, THEN WHAT?

Posted on June 27, 2008 by colleen

Journals or memoirs (a kind of rolling journal?) are my current favorite form of reading. For instance, I loved learning about the Middle East from William Dalrymple’s From the Holy Mountain, Rory Stewart’s The Places In Between, or Carl Raswan’s … Continue reading →

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A LOBSTER TALE

Posted on June 5, 2008 by colleen

Before “Before” Before lobster-in-the-crisper possibilities could exist, the lobster had to be living, near Tenants Harbor, and trapped by a lobsterman who brought it to Witham’s Wharf where catches are gathered and sometimes sold. A sign in a nearby window … Continue reading →

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SUMMER HAS COME IN (and so has a webcam)

Posted on June 1, 2008 by colleen

Roseledge Books is open. Summer has started, fleece hoodies and blankies over the knees on the porch during inaugural wine not withstanding. Fig. #21. The only Roseledge Books sign “before” Charlie fixed the winter stressed message on his way to … Continue reading →

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SPIES IN THE HARBOR?, CONT’D.

Posted on May 5, 2008 by colleen

Spies operate best in murk. It’s best to be visually prepared. Fig. #19. Spot any spies lurking in murky Tenants Harbor? Murky lurkers. I like it.

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SPIES IN THE HARBOR?

Posted on May 4, 2008 by colleen

More fear-dredging from Homeland Security this last week. Now the potential evil-doers are unobserved coastal boaters at rest in harbors. So Tenants Harbor boaters are to watch their water-borne neighbors and be alert for — who knows what? This is … Continue reading →

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DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE?

Posted on March 27, 2008 by colleen

Art is everywhere around. Artists are everywhere around, too. Maybe it’s something in the air or the light or the water or the spare, but finest-kind, [sic] lifestyle or the eyes of willing beholders, or something else, but art is … Continue reading →

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