When I look at the news out of ‘Murica, I sometimes think that their civil war (1861 – 1865) never ended: it’s just that the fighting continues using politics as weapons and the streets and law-courts as the battlefields. There are an endless number of skirmishes on a few familiar topics: my rights vs. community …
Month: November 2021
INSPECTOR GAMACHE RIDES AGAIN
Louise Penny – All the Devils are Here – St. Martin’s Press, 2020 (An Inspector Gamache story) It used to be that movies and television shows relied on books for their inspiration. These days I’m beginning to suspect that crime/mystery novels are borrowing the techniques of popular television series. There is the first novel where …
REMEMBERING REMEMBRANCE DAY
Back in the 1970’s I lived for a time in Oxford, England. While there I supplemented my lack of income by working as a bookkeeper/receptionist at a boat yard located on an idyllic little spot beside the Thames, just outside the city. The yard rented canal boats for those that viewed drifting around the inland …
You Must Remember This
Collecting something for a hobby is a path to a number of undoubted pleasures. Whether it’s baseball cards, books or tea cozies, there’s the thrill of the chase and the satisfaction of acquiring a unique item. On the other hand, there’s the feeling that you never have enough money to fuel your habit and the …
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