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HARBOR HIGHLIGHTS, BOOK NEWS, AND THE CURSED WEBCAM
The webcam is cursed. How else to explain the total blackness (loss) of the picture and the unusual shot of Roseledge’s ceiling corner? Okay flicking one’s one useful (left) hand across the keyboard and hitting random keys that require a … Continue reading
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TENANTS HARBOR AND BOOK HIGHLIGHTS
This is a glorious day, even though the webcam still shows its nighttime image. As soon as Charlie is likely not sleeping in Seattle, I’ll fix it. Until then, know that the sun is almost too hot, the lawn chair … Continue reading
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THE HARBOR IS PERFECT!
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
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FIRST THINGS FIRST, PART 3
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
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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HIGH SUMMER IS NIGH
UPDATE regarding Cod End: Cod End has not been sold, but negotiations continue. Summer plans remain a guess. Once again I am reminded that truth is in the sources, and sources who are “pretty sure” are not sure enough. This … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS NEWS
An Almost-Roseledge-Books-Regular (a potential RBRegular who has only been once) called from the airport to say she is delayed and reading Sarah Orne Jewett’s story maybe set in Tenans Harbor, Country of the Pointed Firs, and it is perfect. Sounds … Continue reading
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WHY READERS MATTER, REASON #4208
I love facts. They are malleable enough to be the stuff of never-ending arguments. (How many changed ingredients make a new recipe?) And circumstances change. ( Is the Aral Sea still one of the four largest bodies of water?) I … Continue reading
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PICTURES MATTER
So many good things are happening, it’s hard to know where to start. The little wild blueberries are here in such profusion that bowls of half blueberries/half cheerios are daily delights. Typing urges surge as elbow malaise quiets. Roseledge Books … Continue reading