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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
MORE SENSE OF PLACE, mostly in books
I know I promised to suggest more book titles with a sense of coastal Maine, and I will, but who could pass up a teaser headline like this one: Hip-Hop … Continue reading
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COVID TIDINGS, CONT’D, AGAIN
TODAY’S JOYS I love the idea of “graffiti-ed graffiti,” the public adding to public art and making the art better, like scientists doing great work by “standing on the shoulders of giants” who came before them. But what happens when the … Continue reading
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GOOD TIDINGS AND ADAPTING
Thank heavens! It’s a New Year and a a new beginning. Here’s to all the good that portends. Good news is we’ve made it this far. We just need to get through the next two weeks of muzzling … Continue reading
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COVID 19 NOTES 4, MORE DAY BRIGHTENERS
We were quarantined again. Fortunately, Day Brighteners were not. These are some of my favorites. Forever lattes! Charlie has a new phone which means that, with the Starbucks’ mobile app he can now upload, he can always pick-up lattes, even … Continue reading
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CRUSADE: GOOD NEWS
THE PIER IS FREED! Good times are at hand. In what surely ranks as a minor miracle, the Water Quality Project People have unlocked, de-fenced, and opened the Pier through August! This is GREAT NEWS. Though their reasons were probably … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE NEWS
There is no easy way to say this. I am selling Roseledge, place of my heart. It is a hard decision, but the right one. Let me count the reasons why. In a nutshell, my body made me do it. … Continue reading
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HIGH SUMMERs
High Summer 2016 is there which is a very good thing and Roseledge Books is hopping — okay, on Thursdays. Scott called yesterday to say that four people — almost a crowd — were there at once taking full advantage … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS’ ALTERED STATE
Well, Maine is a no-go this summer. I haven’t given up on my legs, though others may have, so I have started a new round of physical therapy with someone who seems creative and good and who has not ruled … Continue reading
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GLORY(?) DAYS OF SUMMER
It is August 3 or 4 or 5 and the heater kicked on. AARGH! But, as always in Maine, wait fifteen minutes or, in this case two hours, and folks walking by have shed their hoodies. If you are a … Continue reading
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