Tag: books
member name: Marianne Combs
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December 06, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
(humming:) "The weather outside is frightful...."
It's the perfect time of year for curling up with a good book. Except of course for all the holiday festivities, family gatherings, . . . more
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February 04, 2008 11:28 AM EST --
This is going to be a GREAT month for reading. I just know it. Why? Because later this month my 'significantly other' and I are going away for a four-day weekend, and all we plan to do is . . . more
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December 31, 2007 04:17 PM EST --
Welcome to a whole new year!
I admit, I make some half-hearted new year's resolutions around this time... usually it centers around more exercise, less eating... more listening, less talking... . . . more
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October 04, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
Change is in the air... colder nights, the leaves are turning, I'm making soups instead of salads, and I'm drinking more tea than ice water. Ahhh - I LOVE fall.
I'm also getting . . . more
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July 02, 2008 05:54 PM EDT --
Happily, I'm about to embark on yet another reading retreat. This time it's a week in Door County, with nothing on the agenda except for biking, reading and napping. I've got a stack of books . . . more
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May 01, 2008 04:33 PM EDT --
May Day! May Day!
I mean "Happy May Day!"
I'm finding the tug of spring pulling me away from my books... "you can't read! there's gardening to be done!" . . . more
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August 01, 2008 05:05 PM EDT --
It's the peak of summer - the garden is growing with the occasional help of a heavy dousing, things are slow at work, and it's just too dang hot out these days to do much of anything. . . . more
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February 01, 2007 11:01 PM EST --
The cold has set in here in St. Paul, which makes me seek the warmth of a good book. And since it's the season of St. Valentine, why not something a little on the romantic side? It doesn't have . . . more
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June 01, 2007 04:15 PM EDT --
Garden guides, garden guides, garden guides.....
Okay, so maybe I'm starting to do a little summer reading, too, when I'm not obsessing over the state of my backyard. A recent road trip from Arizona . . . more
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January 03, 2007 10:52 AM EST --
Not only a new month, but a new year! Time to start fresh, another chance to meet all of your resolutions...and make more time to read. Right?
For Christmas my brother bought me a book on Zen gardening . . . more
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May 01, 2007 03:51 PM EDT --
Spring has sprung!! And one of the many joys of the season is that the days are getting longer, which means more time sitting on the porch reading into the evening hours. So what's sitting on the table . . . more
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April 03, 2007 12:48 PM EDT --
April - a season of tricksters, fools and foolishness, budding flowers, rainshowers, and in Minnesota, snowstorms. A tricky month, indeed!
So what are you reading this month?
Any great limericks . . . more
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April 07, 2008 04:48 PM EDT --
So I really thought is was spring - really, I was pretty darn sure - so I got out all my gardening books, started making plans for the garden, and then.... snow. And more snow. And snow mixed with rain. . . . more
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December 04, 2006 12:40 PM EST --
Minnesota Representative Elect Keith Ellison has been causing up a stir by stating he'd like to be sworn in to office using the Quran, not the bible. This has inspired strong negative reaction by the . . . more
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September 04, 2007 01:31 PM EDT --
The State Fair is officially over, the kids are heading back to school, and in the past week there's been a little chill in the evening air that foreshadows the onset of fall. There's still work . . . more
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August 08, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
I've struggled with the notion of "writerhood" for years. I remember as a child, it was the only thing I wanted to be when I grew up. I was totally absorbed by books, spent entire summers . . . more
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August 25, 2006 12:18 PM EDT --
I"m right now reading a book titled "What Good are the Arts?" by John Carey, the chief book reviewer of The Sunday Times in London. In it, Carey takes a pretty bold stance that can be summed . . . more
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March 06, 2008 03:32 PM EST --
First Off, my apologies for the late start: I've spent the last week in bed with the flu with not even enough energy to pick up a book, let alone read it or write about it! It seems to be going round, . . . more
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January 29, 2008 10:07 AM EST --
Hi all -
I just want to make sure you know about a fun event taking place at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul on Sunday, February 3rd at 2pm. This is a family friendly event, so kids are welcome! . . . more
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July 03, 2007 09:16 AM EDT --
Summer heat, long days and, if you're lucky - a screened-in porch. Who can ask for anything more to set the scene for a great summer read?
These days I'm lounging in the white wicker rocking-chair, . . . more
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