Tag Archives: reading

Your pages are numbered.

Posted on March 25, 2017 by

I keep a list of “Books to Read in 2017”, which has already swelled to a wishful thinking level of eighty volumes. Oh, and don’t forget the thirty additional reads that will be assigned throughout the year by my various … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: Reading Retrospective, Part 4

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

July was a challenging month for reading. Not the least because the languorous summer days hold so many other temptations. It was also because I had decided to read that brick, that tome, that substitute-for-a-doorstop that is entitled Vanity Fair. And … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: 2016 Reading Retrospective, Part 3

Posted on January 21, 2017 by

It was the fall of 1986 and we had driven from Paris to Dijon. I can’t imagine it now – no Google Maps, no TripAdvisor, no knowledge of the French language and no hotel or dining reservations. We were armed with … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: 2016 Reading Retrospective, Part 2

Posted on January 14, 2017 by

I remember March and April of 2016 for the harsh glare of the California sun. In theory, endless days of sunshine sounds like a good thing, but amid our waning hopes for rain it felt like a dusty curse. Some … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: 2016 Reading Retrospective, Part One.

Posted on January 7, 2017 by

“For everything there is a season” said wise Solomon in Ecclesiastes, “a time for every purpose under the sun.” In my world, that purpose is usually reading, because, really, what else matters? As Teddy Roosevelt so aptly put it “Reading … Continue reading →

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Drumstick Please: It’s National Poultry Day

Posted on March 19, 2016 by

It’s your clucky day! Whether it’s shrink-wrapped in your refrigerator, a tub of extra-crispy at the drive-through or, as in my case, cackling in the coop, today, March 19, is National Poultry Day, declared by someone at some point (no … Continue reading →

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Shelf Life: Last Place First.

Posted on January 9, 2016 by

It’s that time again. Hard to believe a year has passed since the last book list. I’m looking forward to sharing my 2015 Top Ten list, but first, you must suffer through the Deep Six list; those books I wish … Continue reading →

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