Monthly Archives: February 2010
Book review: ‘The Summer We Fell Apart’ by Robin Antalek
Life in the Haas household was anything but normal. For the four children of Marilyn, an aging actress, and Richard, a once-successful playwright, it’s more about existing than thriving. Oldest daughter Kate is forced to take over the parenting duties … Continue reading
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Two Girls Read Shakespeare: Sonnets 18 & 130
Nearly 400 years after they were first bound and published as his “Quarto,” William Shakespeare’s collection of 154 sonnets remain a go-to curriculum for romantics, literature lovers and college professors. Full of nuance, texture, emotion and the occasional ridiculously confusing … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘A Match Made In High School’ by Kristin Walker
Fiona’s senior year of high school is off to an interesting start. After a brief (but thrilling) encounter with her massive crush Gabe, the senior class is shuffled together and given a year-long assignment: to participate in a marriage education … Continue reading
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Where In The World Weds.: Lake Garda, Italy
It’s Where In The World Wednesday! As part of that great European vacation I took with my family in 2007, I found myself in one of the most beautiful and strangely unexpected places ever: Lake Garda, the largest of the … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘When She Flew’ by Jennie Shortridge
Something prompts Officer Jess Villareal to volunteer for a search mission the night she meets Ray and Lindy — something visceral, something she can’t quite explain. Knowing only that a young girl was spotted in the dense woods of Oregon, … Continue reading
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Snowpocalypse: The extended version
So that little storm we had back in December, the one we called the “snowpocalypse” and panicked over just before Christmas? That blip had nothing on this weekend. Yes, friends, I’m snowed in again — for the third time this … Continue reading
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