Families and Memories and Beaches (again!)

 Every day for her two-week visit, Nola’s been taking someone to the park, generally in the morning. She’s learned how to pump the swing by herself, to walk a curving balance beam, slide down the…

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More Atkinson

I recently reread Kate Atkinsons’ Behind the Scenes at the Museum, some 13 or so years after I read it with a book club. This time, I was motivated by my friend Tanis who moved…

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On the Beach . . .

 We’re still busy playing.  So instead of words, may I offer you some beach art?  Wondrous found objects from the place where tide meets land, flotsam and jetsam mixing it up with dried seed pods…

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Morning Reflections

I’ve been re-thinking my morning habit. Up until five or six years ago, I started my day with a cup of tea that I took back to bed, settling in with whatever book I was…

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Late Nights and Mystery

Because I’ve been so far behind in recording my reading for so long, I haven’t been grabbing impressions of what I’m reading at the moment — Twitter is giving me a venue for doing so,…

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