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MORE NEWS OF MY WORLD: PLACES, BOOKS, CIVIC DUTY, AND CHARLIE

Question of the day: Books may furnish a room, but can they capture a sense of a place? I am 4 years new to Seattle and still don’t know what makes it what it is, except for Charlie and the … Continue reading

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ROSELEDGE BOOKS LIVES, WELL, SORT OF

I waited to tell you until I knew for sure, and now I do.  So the news is that Jamie Wyeth, a good and abutting neighbor on three sides, is buying Roseledge.  I sold it “as is” so it will … 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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BOOKISH EXCITEMENT

CHARLIE IS A SUPER-VILLAIN!!! Yes, son Charlie, joy of my life, is a Marvel Comics super-villain named CHAZZ with the super power of hacking. Who knew? Who would even have guessed? [pe2-image src=”http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8wZWLQazIJw/VP4C1_FPTHI/AAAAAAAADP4/-nbBS-9JAOM/s144-c-o/panel-small.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/111061230789680767628/RoseledgeBlog#6124335669760183410″ caption=”Exciting/is/the hack attack/now/and maybe later!   … Continue reading

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ROSELEDGE BOOKS AND SNOW: PROS AND CON

Roseledge before this weekend’s coming snow, forecast to be TWO MORE FEET before blizzard-strength wind rearranges it. [pe2-image src=”http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JHuWmJhDJc4/VOC9UeHk6GI/AAAAAAAADOo/hHHCWgeETAk/s144-c-o/FullSizeRender.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/111061230789680767628/RoseledgeBlog#6116096453349009506″ caption=”See the snow; feel the snow; be glad you are not in the snow.  Read a book.  (Thanks to goodheart … Continue reading

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JULY: THE BLUEST BLUES, THE BEST BOOK EVER AND MORE PERFECT DAYS

Aarrghhh! Plagiarism makes me crazy and again, it is in the news.  Now it’s a Montana senator whose major contribution to his War College Master’s paper apparently was to re-arrange whole ideas from a few worthy papers written by others, … Continue reading

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YOUR PERSONAL BOOKSELLER, 2

Time flies, giving looms, and books abound; can more suggestions be far behind?  (These continue suggestions begun two posts back, 11-8- 13) ***** For someone new in the extended family who is nifty but not yet familiar,  Roseledge Books suggests … Continue reading

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YOUR PERSONAL BOOKSELLER IS READY

The annual surge of gift-giving is upon us, and what better gift to give than a book which says, “I still know who you are”? For that friend interested in Manhattan’s water supply,  the best RB choices were E. L. … Continue reading

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NEVER TOO MANY BOOKS

You have a lot of books, some of which you haven’t read and may never read, but you want to buy more.  Oh boy!  Roseledge Books wants YOU. Your books are starting to take over your living space, a neighbor … Continue reading

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ROSELEDGE BOOKS IN ACTION

Wow!  How good can good be?  Take a look below and know that with people reading, then knowing about all of this, the world stands a chance.  These are some of the books readers chose the past several days: Bad … Continue reading

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