Susannah’s 2018 Spring and Summer Reading List
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Tag Archives: baseball
Best Story Of The Week
When I run on the Central Park track, I’m always in the company of squirrels starting their day. I usually walk a bit, just to observe their busyness. They also remind me to stay present since they never seem worried … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Family, food, friendship, grace, Home, humanity, humor, kids, nature, New York City, parents
Tagged baseball, facing our fears, feeding the squirrels, The squirrels of Central Park, tourists
15 Comments
Tits On The Bar
I used to be quite the femme fatale, though no longer, having retired my phone number like an all-star who plays no more. When I hit, I’d say, 58, I no longer had an interest in being the seductress, though … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol, Connecticut, Fashion, humor, sex, Sports, women
Tagged baseball, drinking, femme fatales, flirting, saggy bosoms, women cougars, women of a certain age
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On The Books
My summer reading has been very eclectic so far. It kicked off with Jane Austen, Nora Ephron and E.B. White segueing into John Waters, Antonia Fraser and a mass of books on 9/11. Since my hearing issues I read more … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Books, Family, Fashion, food, humor, Love, women, writing
Tagged All that is French, Amazon.com, baseball, C'est la Vie, Frommer's Born to Shop series, memoir writing, Suzy Gershman, widowhood
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Love Bats Last
Love Bats Last resonates because I know how true it is. I don’t care what anyone says. My shrink so disagrees with this…wonders where my need to be so nice stems from? He sweetly calls me a people pleaser…a do-gooder…an … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Faith, Gratitude, humor, kids, Love, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged altruism, Anne Lamott, Babe Ruth, baseball, choosing love, Les Miserables, random acts of kindness, Wildlife Federation
38 Comments
42
42… is an amazing film about the life of baseball player, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, written and directed by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River, A Nightmare on Elm Street). You have to know how charmed I am his middle name … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Fashion, History, media, sexual relationships, Sports, Uncategorized, Women and men, writing
Tagged 42, baseball, Branch Rickey, Brooklyn Dodgers, great acting, Harrison Ford, Jackie Robinson, The film
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Yankee Miracles
I don’t know about you but when it comes to a book, it starts with the title. When I saw Yankee Miracles lolling on the library shelf I went right passed it. I couldn’t help it, the word miracles turned … Continue reading
Posted in friendship, Gratitude, History, humor, New York City, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged baseball, George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees, Ray Negron, reading, Yankee Miracles, Yankee Stadium
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Shoeless Joe
Every once in a while a book jumps off the shelf like a man who’s determined to get your attention. Shoeless Joe written in 1982 by W.P. Kinsella was that 265 page guy. It was the novel the popular film … Continue reading
Posted in History, humor, Sports, travel, writing
Tagged Babe Ruth, baseball, Black Sox Scandal, fiction writing, Field of Dreams, great writing, libraries, Shoeless Joe Jackson, W.P. Kinsella
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Susannah of Funnybrook Farm
I’m a silly girl, I’ll admit it. The stuff I think is funny quite often eludes other people. Frankly I think lack of the ridiculous is what’s missing in our society. No one laughs anymore. Everything is serious not to … Continue reading
Posted in animals, humor, New York City, writing
Tagged baseball, comedy writing, David Sedaris, Joan Rivers, John Waters, laughing, Paul Rudnik, stand-up comedy, The New Yorker
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After the Fall
I took a spill this morning while I was running. One minute I was in full stride with the wind in my hair, the next on my ass. It’s always so disorienting when you fall as though you were viewing … Continue reading
Posted in Health, New York City, Uncategorized
Tagged baseball, breaking bones, cell phones, Central Park, injuries, Men, Nature, running, weathering a storm, women
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The House That Ruth Built
I’m a big baseball fan, especially lore wise. I love the history of the game and Babe Ruth, as far as I’m concerned, personifies ‘Our Great American Pastime.’ The House That Ruth Built by Robert Weintraub tells the tale of … Continue reading
