Monthly Archives: June 2015

What the Heat Is Good For

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Rick Robinson

At least the garden seems to be happy. Here’s an arrangement from the back garden, picked this morning. Alstromeria, Iris, Roses, Crocosmia and  Snapdragons.

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Current Reading, June 22 – 28, 2015

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Rick Robinson

The hot weather continues, and it makes me cranky. I’m still reading short stories. From The Bottom of the Harbor by Joseph Mitchell Forward by Luc Sante Up In the Old Hotel The Bottom of the Harbor The Rats on … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Books & Reading, Mystery, Non-fiction | 15 Comments

ffb: We’ll Always Have Murder by Bill Crider

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Rick Robinson

this is the 175th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books We’ll Always Have Murder by Bill Crider, Ibooks 2003 hardcover – mystery novel featuring Humphrey Bogart and Terry Scott “I was dreaming about something that involved me, Rita Hayworth … Continue reading →

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Jazz: The Gerald Wilson Orchestra

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Rick Robinson

I’ve listened to and enjoyed the music of the Gerald Wilson Orchestra for years. I’ve never been disappointed by what I heard. I have heard them live once, at the Playboy Jazz Festival in the Hollywood Bowl, sometime in the Eighties, I … Continue reading →

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Get Out the Iced Tea!

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Rick Robinson

Yikes! It’s been hot here, and it’s just about to get hotter. It was in the mid 80s today, after several days of the same, but tomorrow the forecast is for high 80s, Thursday mid 90s, Friday high 90s, Saturday … Continue reading →

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Current Reading, June 15-21, 2015

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Rick Robinson

Heat continues. I’ve been fighting computer problems. We slog on. I’m still reading short stories, same collections, which is okay, except there are novels I want to get to. from The Black Lizard Big Book Of Locked-Room Mysteries:  The Aluminium Dagger – … Continue reading →

Posted in Books & Reading, Mystery | 6 Comments

Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Rick Robinson

To all you fathers out there, happy your day. Hope you enjoy the heck out of it! I don’t have any kids, so I don’t qualify, but my cat – whom I suppose considers me his dad – bought me a … Continue reading →

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Back Up

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Rick Robinson

I got the problems solved, it seems, so for now things are back to normal.

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Problems, Problems

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Rick Robinson

I’ve been having minor computer problems off and on, but it’ been getting worse and yesterday I couldn’t open any webpages or get email on the big iMac.  Same today, though the laptop could get some mail. It’s taken a … Continue reading →

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ffb: Diamond Head

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Rick Robinson

this is the 174th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books. Diamond Head by Charles Knief, © 1996, St. Martin’s Press – Dead Letter – 1998 paperback, the first John Caine novel – mystery This book was the winner of the 7th St. … Continue reading →

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