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Book Review: Partner in Crime, by J. A. Jance
Partner in Crime by J.A. Jance My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed the side stories that accompany author Jance’s very interesting murder mystery and the personality descriptions and characters of Sheriff Joanna Brady and J. P. Beaumont, from two different worlds of… Continue Reading “Book Review: Partner in Crime, by J. A. Jance”
What do the Simple Folks Do? Essay #2: Make Pancakes!
Gotta chase away the blues with Blue Berry pancakes! Love Them!
What do the Simple Folks Do? Essay #1
Reminiscent of one of my favorite songs in the 1960 Broardway Musical, Camelot: This article and the next few will focus be on things that we, the simple folk of America can and still do in order to keep our sanity and drive fear… Continue Reading “What do the Simple Folks Do? Essay #1”
THE TIME FOR ACTION! Political Robocalls
Trust Me! You will NOT get my vote with a Robocall, Three times per day. That shouts in my ear “THIS is —— —–, IT’S TIME FOR ACTION!”…….etc……. Who gave you my phone number anyway? Is a record being kept of home many times… Continue Reading “THE TIME FOR ACTION! Political Robocalls”
Book Review: The Shell Collector, by Anthony Doerr
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I wrote my initial notes on this book, I was only half-way through and thought that I had already read the best of the author’s short stories within the first 120… Continue Reading “Book Review: The Shell Collector, by Anthony Doerr”
Never Go Back: Jack Reacher #18, by Lee Child – A Book Review
Never Go Back by Lee Child My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed this Jack Reacher book with its twists of plot and the fact that author LeeChild has created a co-protagonist for Jack in Major Susan Turner, new CO of the 110th… Continue Reading “Never Go Back: Jack Reacher #18, by Lee Child – A Book Review”
BUZZ: The Nature and Necessity of Bees! by Thor Hanson – A Book Review
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees by Thor Hanson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed how author Hanson mixed hard factual science and knowledge of the Bee world together in a well-organized book for laypersons and members of the science community… Continue Reading “BUZZ: The Nature and Necessity of Bees! by Thor Hanson – A Book Review”
Book Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor NoahMy rating: 5 of 5 stars Trevor Noah has produced an amazing book covering his youthful memories of growing up under apartheid in The Republic of South Africa. His stories are at times… Continue Reading “Book Review: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah”
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci, a Book Review
The Sixth Man by David Baldacci My rating: 4 of 5 stars At what point will the computer world and fast-moving information world outpace the ability of humans to deal with the input to make logical governmental decisions. The world of computers has gotten… Continue Reading “The Sixth Man by David Baldacci, a Book Review”
Modern Parallelism with President Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment
As I read over my latest “The Week” magazine, I note on p. 11, Oct. 25, 2019 edition, an article entitled “The impeachment of Andrew Johnson.” What an interesting recounting of the history of one of our presidents who was impeached and then not… Continue Reading “Modern Parallelism with President Andrew Johnson’s Impeachment”
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