I was supposed to be at my second visit to “Chick Lit” last night, where the topic of discussion was to be Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez. But instead I was at home reading the rest of the book from the third chapter. I finished it at about 11:15 pm! A busy weekend hindered…
book review, books
Cavalcade by Walter Satterthwait
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Cavalcade is Walter Satterthwait‘s third mystery featuring the two Pinkerton detectives, Phil Beaumont and Jane Turner, following Escapade and Masquerade. With the Paris case solved, Phil and Jane head to Germany in 1923. Why Germany? It seems someone took a pot shot at a rising politician, Adolf Hitler, when he was in Berlin for a…
Television
Some Anniversaries
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I watched America’s Most Wanted last night. John Walsh’s show has now led to a total of 1,021 captures. As he noted on the show, yesterday was also the 100th anniversary of the FBI. Like many government agencies, the FBI has been good at times and not so good at other times. This year is…
Dallas, Texas
100 degrees in Dallas
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When it’s 100 degrees in Dallas, you just want to look at something cool and colorful from somewhere else. How about these from Italy? From near Siena . . . From Assisi . . . From San Gimingano . . . OK, back to Texas!!
artist
Sara Hickman
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One of my favorite performers to see live that has Dallas and Denton roots is Sara Hickman. She is just a wonderful, wonderful person and I don’t even know her. But I do know what she has to say and I do know some of her music and have seen her perform a number of…
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