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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
I'm in the middle of reading Jan Swafford's biography of Brahms. I've always been interested in learning more about the personality behind the music, and i haven't been disappointed. He was quite the young heartthrob in his time, with many crushes from the young and even older women around him. I keep being reminded of my time in Germany and Austria, including a trip I made to the Brahmshaus museum in Baden-Baden. The elderly curator went through the photo collection with me and emitted a few girlish sighs over the young swain Brahms. He *was* pretty! I'm also reminded of our piano parties and music making over the years. Music created wonderful fellowship in his life as it has in ours. Fun adjunct to the book is googling each piece as it is mentioned and listening online as i read about it.
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A Warning, by Anonymous. Every voter should read it.
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The Seven Storey Mountain by Thomas Merton Why? I don't know.
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| Pinta & the Santa Maria Has Achieved Nirvana  |
I loved that book. | |||
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Zimmer likes Merton. Not sure why.
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Don’t know that I like Merton yet.
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| twit Beatification Candidate |
Merton was a decent guy - but I don't know what the fuss was about. He was a product of his times. Recently finished... The Year of Less by Cait Flanders Smarter Faster Better by Charles Duhligg Caffeine by Michael Pollan Early by Sarah DiGregaria My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsnburg A Very Stable Genius By Phillip Rucker, Carol Leonnig Year Zero by Ian Buruma At the moment, reading Successful Aging by Daniel Levitin The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle | |||
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Thank goodness for Kindle! With all my spare time these days, I am loving.. 
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I daydreamed my way through American history in high school, but I'm loving this -  | |||
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
I just finished "On the Beach" Not sure why I put myself through that again but in some ways it was inspiring.
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Re-reading the Nero Wolfe mysteries by Rex Stout, from the beginning and in the order they were published. Pure escapism.
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I had forgotten about those - all 47 of them. And they're on Audible! Can't wait to get started!
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| Serial origamist Has Achieved Nirvana  |
The last thing I started was Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson. I really like his style. I just don't have (or don't make) much time to read these days. Maybe I should read a book for an hour before bed instead of reading the news on my phone. I would probably sleep better.
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Steve - Have you seen the A&E series with Timothy Huttton as Archie and a wonderful actor named Maury Chaykin as Wolfe? I think it was way better than the William Conrad series. I can send you my DVDs (set of 8 discs with two or three novels/novellas per disc) if you want to watch them. I don't think they're currently available new, and the used copies are absurdly expensive. Great video binge.
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