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<\/a>Memory's fog makes the best times clear and possibilities ever near. <\/p><\/div>\n
So based on this hodgepodge of memories, I suggested a look at the following — all of which have women authors and all of which are on RB shelves.<\/p>\n
Ellis Peter\u2019s A Morbid Taste for Bones<\/strong>, first in the Brother Cadfael series Other suggestions?<\/p>\n See the trees, love the trees, find shade beneath the trees, but follow the sign.<\/p><\/div>\n Tree notes<\/strong>: Ken Chaya made a map and poster which include every tree in Central Park<\/a>. I love the idea and the products. During an interview<\/a>, the artist pointed out a nearby tree, then discussed the kind it was and how many of them were where in the Park. Amazing detail. I wonder how many of the leaves in Leanne Shapton\u2019s The Native Trees of Canada <\/strong>could also find a home branch in Central Park. RB doesn\u2019t have maps or posters, darn, but clearly Roseledge Books needs Justin Martin\u2019s Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted<\/strong> and Robert Caro\u2019s The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York<\/strong>. And to balance these books about planned landscapes, RB has John Fowles\u2019 Trees<\/strong>, a lesser known of his works which The NY’er argues<\/strong> \u201c[B]elongs alongside the finest wilderness-rambling narratives,\u201d Henry David Thoreau\u2019s The Maine Woods,<\/strong> though an astute reader just bought the last copy, and always several editions of Sarah Orne Jewett\u2019s Country of the Pointed Firs<\/strong>, surely a paean to the trees and other living parts of Tenants Harbor (okay, Midcoast maybe). But I am getting carried away.<\/p>\n Check the webcam.\u00a0 Does the harbor look empty to you, too?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What do you recommend for a Midwestern, home-schooled 14-year-old? Except for Charlie who mostly read C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia and Spiderman comics, I am zip when it comes to kids, especially early teens. I was allowed — and … Continue reading
\nBrother Cadfael is a 12thC. (other time, pre-Luther) Welsh (other place) Benedictine (educated, curious) monk (other living arrangement) who is the monastery herbalist (gardening, science, health) in the center of the larger issue of the kingdom and the time.
\nJane Austen\u2019s Pride and Prejudice<\/strong>
\n(church-going, home schooled, teenagers, facing still relevant mores of other time and place)
\nKendall Hailey\u2019s The Day I Became an<\/strong> (teenage) Autodidact<\/strong>
\nDiane Smith\u2019s Letters From Yellowstone<\/strong>
\n(young woman shifts field of study, joins research team, draws plants in situ<\/em>, faces issues of timed and place in late 19th C. western America.)
\nMary Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein<\/strong>
\n(classic, still discussed topic of technology and medicine)
\nHarper Lee\u2019s To Kill a Mockingbird<\/strong> (favorite of RBR who is also a 5th-grade teacher, includes kids addressing still relevant issues)<\/p>\n<\/a>