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    I'm not far into Margaret Atwoods "The Year of the Flood." I just read the part about getting through the wall that was built to keep out Tex-Mexicans. Considering the upcoming U.S. election and that this book was published in 2009 it's oddly prescient.
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    Reading "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood" by Alexandra Fuller which is set in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe. I know nothing of African history, so it's good to learn a little something along with just enjoying the story. I was listening to a book on CD called "Proof Positive" by Archer Mayor but the 4th CD is damaged and won't play, so I guess our drive home will be satellite radio, The Bridge.

    I recently read 2 older books by Kent Haruf, "Plainsong" and "Eventide", both of which were pleasant, engaging reads. I also liked his book "Our Souls at Night".


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    Reading The Widow and find myself playing my Graceland/Paul Simon CD quite a bit.

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    Was listening just now to Achilles dreaming, squeaking and gently boofing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Kleb View Post
    Was listening just now to Achilles dreaming, squeaking and gently boofing.
    Isn't that just the best? Our two, Danny especially, are serious sound makers when they're dreaming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SunDance View Post
    Isn't that just the best? Our two, Danny especially, are serious sound makers when they're dreaming.
    It's very endearing isn't it?
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    Not really reading a book at the moment. Right now, listening to the CBC program Saturday Night Blues, hosted by Holger Petersen. Driving to and from work I listen to a book on CD, Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, written by Lawrence Wright, read by Alan Sklar. Wright was justly awarded a Pulitzer Prize for this marvellous book.
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    John Doyle, Irish guitarist. I will see John at a house concert on 10/15/16. Awesome talent.

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    I just finished ready James Michner's "CHESAPEAKE". I had read it back in 1981 or 82, can't remember exactly. I do know it was shortly after I retrained while in the USAF and became an Air Traffic Controller.

    It's a LONG book, over 1000 pages in paperback, with very small print. I actually had to go buy a pair of magnifying glasses to read it! Yeah, my eyeballs ain't what they used to be. I grew up in Baltimore, and spent many summers as a kid going to Ocean City, MD on vacation. I can vividly remember going over the Bay Bridge when there was only one, which is now the 2 lane south span, and thinking this was paradise. Even though I would spend over 20 years traveling the world, I always knew I would come back to my roots, now settled in Dover, Delaware.

    As I re-read this book it jogged several memories. For many years now, I've often wondered just why I wanted a Labrador. I can remember when I got my assignment to England, I told one of my sergeants that when I got there I was going to get a black Lab. He told me that I'd definitely be able to find a good one there, as he had just come from a 4 year assignment to the UK. Just over a month after our arrival, we had a wonderful 2 year old black Lab named Ella. This started my life long love of these wonderful dogs.

    One night a couple weeks back as I lay in bed reading, about half way through this book, it came to me. As a kid growing up I had an uncle that hunted ducks and geese, and he had a Chesapeake Bay Retriever. He was a big, surly dog, and he scared the crap out of me.

    Other than my uncle, no one in my immediate family hunted. I had never fired a weapon before I went to basic training. Yet, after reading this book, and it's accounts of waterfowl hunting on the Eastern Shore, and the story, although fictional, of the first Labradors arriving on the Eastern Shore, it left an indelible impression on me. Michner pretty much much nailed the whole Chessie vs. Labrador argument in a very subtle yet entertaining way.

    So to make a long story short, I can blame James Michner for my life long love of Labradors. I'd hug that guy if I could!

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    I've enjoyed reading Michener. Two of my favourite works are Centennial and The Drifters, set in the late 60s and about five young people who leave the mainstream.

    Just started The Three-Body Problem. Written by a leading Chinese sci-fi author. I don't read much science fiction yet this came recommended. It's set in China during the Cultural Revolution and includes contact with aliens.

    Rediscovered an album I haven't listened to for decades - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils' debut. It's toe-tapping, largely upbeat, and I really enjoy it.
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    I really like Marian Hill. They are like the new Norah Jones. Calms me down.

 



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