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MORE BOOKS ADDED #2

Posted on July 4, 2008 by colleen

More new books to consider. I try to choose books that will somehow make clearer how the world works, especially with a thread of moving information somewhere embedded.  Some people follow the money; I follow the information. Berenson, Alex. The … Continue reading →

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ROSELEDGE BOOKS

Posted on February 16, 2008 by colleen

Roseledge Books is a very small, very fine, bookstore, open from Memorial Day through Labor Day on Sea Street in Tenants Harbor. The (roughly) 750 paperback books are on shelves and a table on the front porch of Roseledge cottage. … Continue reading →

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NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS

Posted on February 2, 2008 by colleen

It’s halfway to summer in Maine and VERY COLD in Minnesota. Errol Flynn’s swashbuckler, Sea Fever, is nowhere on cable and the televised PGA tour site is not near the ocean. So I’m bored with old snow and missing summer … Continue reading →

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OAQ’S*

Posted on February 14, 2014 by colleen

*Once-asked-questions have been flooding (okay, seeping) into my email. As you all know, I hope, I answer them in the blog. So… Question: I’m going to Paris.  What’s a good mystery? RB Suggestion: Cara Black’s series features a different Parisian … Continue reading →

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MORNING COFFEE 4, SOURCES, GIFTS, ETC.

Posted on December 16, 2013 by colleen

BR-R-R-R!  Very cold here.  As always, coffee and an unexpectedly good newspaper article about sources warm the hands and heart ,  in this case a NYT article about the fact-uality of social media.  Forget truthiness; this is about the iffiness … Continue reading →

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FIRST THINGS FIRST

Posted on June 14, 2009 by colleen

Maybe the rain came to prevent more dawdling, maybe not; but there must be a reason behind the continuing wet. Rain dampens, so to speak, any enthusiasm for morning coffee on the deck, so with thermos I’ve moved inside to … Continue reading →

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LIBRARIAN POTENTIAL

Posted on February 21, 2024 by colleen

GREAT NEWS! If you are among the many — and they are legions — thinking about becoming a librarian,   but you are still unsure, then, from this librarian to you,  have fun with these food-for-thought, self-aware questions and books  to … Continue reading →

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NOTEWORTHY NEWS

Posted on February 13, 2024 by colleen

VERY EXCITING NEWS!  I won the King County Public Poetry contest.   I am ridiculously pleased.  Here is my poem of 50 words or fewer, as required. THE MISSING LINK   Shilshole, oh Shilshole, you’re my bike trail of choice.I’m a … Continue reading →

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SENSE OF PLACE, Part 2 B00KS PLUS

Posted on September 13, 2023 by colleen

Last blog post, I got all quibbley about Paul Theroux’s NYT list of books for a traveler to read before visiting Boston, even though I have mostly been a pass-through Boston traveler on my way to Maine.  So to answer … Continue reading →

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GOOD NEW YEAR NEWS and ditch grasses

Posted on January 15, 2023 by colleen

[I like to think these news items are a bit like Louis Jenkins’ “small stories”, without his poetic chops.] Good News, finally! Charlie and I both had COVID and  were quarantined together for ten days in my studio apartment of about 400 square … Continue reading →

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