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Monthly Archives: June 2017
the Apple Store, and then…
It was cooler Monday, we even had some sprinkles this morning. Blessed relief from the heat! So it seemed a good day to take a drive down to the local Apple Store. I had all the technical information on my … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading, Fiction, Mystery, New Arrivals
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Just Arrived!
Just arrived yesterday from Illustrated Press is The Life and Art of Bernie Fuchs by David Apatoff. Fuchs has long been a favorite artist, I first encountered his work in various magazines, most memorably in Sports Illustrated. If you love illustration art, you’ll want … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading, Non-fiction
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no forgotten book, current reading, etc.
No book this week, – computer problems. I may have to go to the Apple store tomorrow. Update: No CURRENT READING either, also, since it was 103.4 yesterday, no trip out to look at a new computer. Posts will be … Continue reading
Posted in At Home in Portland
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Aging Computer
For the last few months my main computer, the iMac, has been “acting up”. Slow to load programs, unable to access many websites, balking at running larger files, etc. I’ve done some fiddling with it, and haven’t been able to … Continue reading
Posted in At Home in Portland
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Current Reading: not much, how about you?
I know I read a few short stories in a locked room anthology edited by Martin Edwards, but right now the name of it escapes me. The neighbors are having their 4th loud pool party in a row (Thursday, Friday, … Continue reading
Posted in current reading
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Forgotten Book: Orbital Decay by Allen Steele
this is the 260th in my series of forgotten or seldom read books Orbital Decay by Allen Steele, Ace Science Fiction 1989 mass market paperback – science fiction – Near Space series, book 1. I’ve liked the books by Allen Steele that … Continue reading
Posted in Friday Forgotten Books, Science Fiction
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Current Reading: Bernstein/Woodward, Deaver
The weather has been nice, the garden looks great, things are fine. I haven’t done a lot of reading, but I finished Orbital Decay by Allen Steele, and liked it better at the end than at the middle point, which does … Continue reading
Posted in current reading, Mystery, Non-fiction
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Incoming – Fredric Brown
Just arrived yesterday, from Haffner Press, these first two volumes of their Fredric Brown Mystery Library. These beautiful books have taken some time in production, but they are here at last and I must say they are worth the wait. … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Reading, Fiction, Mystery, New Arrivals
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Current Reading: Steele, Deaver
Not much to say this week. I’m still bogged down, trying a little of this and that, making little to no progress on any of it. I did finish Aliens: Bug Hunt, an ebook story collection of Alien stories I got from … Continue reading
Posted in current reading, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Tip the Wink 