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Books J read this year:
Happy Holidays Scramblers. I thought I’d write a year-end book report. As an introduction, I started to comment on the year and came up wordless. It seems trite to kick 2020 to the…
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Sounds in search of an audience
A dear Friend of mine has two teenage daughters. The oldest, (I will call her E,) is a high school junior who has a natural gift for picking up and playing musical instruments.…
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Best of 2020
J sez… I read a couple of books that are making some of the Best of 2020 lists. What a precarious honor, to be on any list associated with 2020. But both books…
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Summer’s end 2020
There wasn’t much to anticipate in Summer 2020. There would be no outdoor music, no swimming pools, no tasty cocktails under a night sky at the neighborhood watering hole. But you all know…
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Utopia Avenue
J Recommends… I’ve read my favorite book of 2020 so far, and I can’t see it getting knocked into second place. Utopia Avenue, by David Mitchell, is a story about a British band,…
