Susannah’s Fall & Winter Reading List, 2018-2019
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Mending Wall…Robert Frost
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. The work of hunters is another thing: I have come … Continue reading
The Comfort Of History
This shutdown business has me quite undone. I can’t believe it’s still unresolved without any end in sight. What about those of us inside the wall? I went to my bookcase taking down an atlas on past presidents: Lincoln, FDR, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, readng, Uncategorized, words, writing
Tagged American History, American presidents, President Donald Trump
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Run For Your Life
I run most mornings, and have since my 20s. I ran when few did, remembering being stopped in Italy by the police to find out what exactly I was running from. “Signorina, who is’a chaz’ing yooo’?” I’m convinced it’s one … Continue reading
Posted in History, humanity, humor, media, Politics, readng, Sports, travel, writing
Tagged exercise, History of the White House, JFK FDR White House Swimming Pool, running, US Presidents
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John F. Kennedy Jr.’s Lost Legacy
I heard a story about John Kennedy Junior I had never heard before. Just when you think you know everything there is to know about someone you admire, something lost gets recovered. It’s no secret his mother raised her children … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Family, friendship, grace, Health, History, humanity, Love, men, New York City, parents, Politics, readng, writing
Tagged Good Manners, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr., Scribners Book Store of yore, William Shakespeare
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History Changed Me
When my friend David mentioned he drove to Galena, Illinois, it got me thinking of General U.S. Grant, who lived there for a time. Funny I should know that, but then again, not really. I never read much as a … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, men, Politics, readng, violence, war, words, writing
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Alcoholics Anonymous, Battle of Gettysburg, Jon Meacham The Soul of America, Reading American History, The Killer Angels Michael Shaara, U.S .Grant
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The Shiksa Diaries
Shiksa is Yiddish for a non-Jewish woman, a phrase meant to be a tad insulting. Its roots stem from the Hebrew word, sheketz, meaning impure and the object of loathing. I, on the other hand, always take it as a … Continue reading
Too Hungry For Words
I’ve been on an Agatha Christie binge immersed in her classic, uncluttered prose. Simple language, yet working your imagination as if her hero, Hercule Poirot, and you, were one. She really ignites your wanderlust since, After Death on the Nile, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Beauty, Books, Cinema, Fashion, food, humor, readng, women, words, writing
Tagged a good appetite, Agatha Christie Myteries, All that is British, reading the classics, The English language
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Worst Story of the Week…September 27
I was accosted at Starbucks by a guy I know who reads my blog. Why, has always been a mystery since he seems to HATE everything I write. As I was putting in my customary 25 packets of sugar into … Continue reading
Posted in Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, New York City, Politics, readng, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged American presidents, athingirl.com, born again Christians, differences of opinion, Kavanaugh hearings, Leadership in Turbulent times Doris Kearns Goodwin, Megan McCain's eulogy for John McCain, President Donald Trump, Twitter
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How One Praise
Abraham Lincoln was known for his kindness toward others, how he pardoned so many men, even on the day he died, always looking for ways to explain a soldier’s misbehavior. Desertion, for example, he viewed as acute homesickness that just couldn’t … Continue reading
