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Tag Archives: nonfiction
A Reading Resolution
Were it not for my fellow bloggers, I would not be the least tempted to break out of the reading rut in which I’ve been happily ensconced. I’m stuck in England, usually, reading Penelope Lively, Jane Gardam, Elizabeth Taylor, Muriel Spark, and a new … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged book club, christopher lloyd, fiction, maitland-lewis, mark richard, nonfiction, peter temple, russell hoban, stephen king, terry pratchett
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“Dear Mrs. Kennedy,”
Within days of the President’s assassination, the letters began to arrive. Some were addressed simply “Mrs. Kennedy, White House, Washington, DC.” A shocked and grieving nation could find no other way to express its anguish than to write condolence letters to the young widow whose comportment through … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History
Tagged assassination, condolence letters, D.C., jacqueline kennedy, John F. Kennedy, kennedy, letters, nonfiction, Washington
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“My Folks Don’t Want Me To Talk About Slavery”
The complicated legacy of the American South is beautifully captured in Kate Campbell’s song. My regular readers know I’m fascinated with history and the Civil War and slavery in particular. The little book I excerpt in this post has haunted me … Continue reading
“I Congo On.”
Just because I haven’t read an author’s body of work doesn’t mean I don’t have, at a minimum, firm impressions based on nothing more concrete than random reviews or whatever literary scuttlebutt I may have come across. Fair or not, I have to … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged eudora welty, fiction, Matisse, nonfiction, Old South, puns, vintage photos
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The Killiecrankie Book List
Picture the scene: The Scottish Highlands have done their best to flatten sixteen weary hikers who are now recuperating in the warm and gracious dining room of the Killiecrankie House Hotel in Pitlochry. (All of these Scottish names benefit from a wee roll … Continue reading
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Tagged book club, fiction, Killiecrankie, nonfiction, Pitlochry, Scotland
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Cookbook Time Capsule
Here are my oldest and newest cookbooks. I don’t really have to tell you which is which, I’ll bet. And in between the oldest and newest are dozens of other cookbooks collected over the years; some really good, others barely cracked: … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Food
Tagged church cookbooks, Grandma Helen, nonfiction, ottolenghi, recipes, the fifties
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