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My March goal was two pronged: (a) ride bike, or (b) read books.  I'm disappointed to let you know that it basically has not stopped rai...

I really liked The Sense of an Ending . As one might guess from the title, it is a melancholy tale. It is a story told by a man looking ba...

My friend L (the same one who turned me on to Prime Suspect , which I've now seen two seasons of, and have 3 and 4 waiting in the wings)...

S got us tickets to a really cool Tenacious Eats event last week -- Opera Tastings .  It was a series of (very) small plates inspired by ar...

There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.   -- Albert Einstein

My latest postal book club book is Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending .  I've heard great things about this book for years, and ...

My March goal (okay, my "remaining 3 weeks of March goal") has two prongs; it's weather dependent. If the weather is good, I...

I totally failed in February.  And not for any good reason either; I was working!  Boo hiss. I sit at a desk, starting at a computer, all ...