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CATCHING UP
Two trees fell over in the backyard of Roseledge during a strong spring storm. Roseledge itself is fine, but the outhouse may be a thing of the past. Thank heavens I now have indoor plumbing. The downed trees can wait … 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
SUMMERTIME HAS COME AGAIN
We’re baaack and the webcam is beaming. It is so good to be here. Tenants Harbor is perfect as always. Charlie went down to the East Wind to get the stored computer (once we remembered where we had put it) … Continue reading
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ANOTHER’S LIFE
Biographies are good fat-summer-reads. They last several afternoons under the umbrella or inside someplace, out of the fog. My late next-door neighbor Harry preferred biographies, one per summer, preferably about Jacqueline Onassis or Katherine Hepburn. Another customer said she chose … Continue reading
CATCHING UP #2
Most important: ROSELEDGE BOOKS IS OPEN, 2-6pm daily. The “open” signs are hanging from the porch, (but not in the picture), the flowers are growing, some brand-new and lots of other years’ new books are on the shelves, two book … Continue reading
ROSELEDGE BOOKS HAS ONLY PAPERBACKS
Roseledge cottage has no insulation. This allows instant air conditioning with temperature shifts and big time humidity, especially when the fog rolls in. Mostly this is good or at least okay. But without insulation, hardcover books would wilt, just as … Continue reading