It has been a while since I have posted to this blog. I was in an out of town, fought off a battle of pneumonia and just got lazy. There has been a lot of major and minor news since I last wrote.
-The tsunami and nuclear plant melt down in Japan;
-The termination of Bin Laden. The Pakistan government apparently had no clue he had been living within a mile of one of their military academies for five years;
-Floods in the US;
-Tornado’s in the US;
-Donald Trump bailed out of the presidential race after he learned President Obama was indeed born in the United States;
-Donald Trump exploded with numerous “F” bombs in a speech at a women’s conference in Las Vegas;
-On Meet the Press on May 15, 2011,Newt Gingrich referred to Paul Ryan’s Medicare voucher plan as right wing social engineering and was opposed to it. After taking heat from right wingers after this statement, on May 16, 2001, the very next day, Newt back pedaled and said he was in favor of it;
-There was a royal wedding in England;
-There is a new American Idol Champion;
-Oprah had her last show;
So, I have brought you up to date. I intend to get back to regular posting.
Recently Read Books
- A Delicate Truth- John Le Carre (fiction)
- Perfect - Rachel Joyce (Fiction)
- The Expats - Chris Pavone (Fiction)
- An Event in Autumn - Henning Mankel (Fiction)
- Winter in Madrid - C.J.Sansom (Fiction)
- The Brothers - John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles - non-fiction
- LIfe Among Giants - Bill Roorbach (Novel)
- Empty Mansions - Bill Dedman (non-fiction)
- Woodrow Wilson (non fiction)
- Lawrence in Arabia (Non-Fiction)
- In Sunlight and In Shadow by Mark Helpren (Fiction)
- Lesson in French - Hilary Reyl (fiction)
- Unbroken- Laura Hillenbrand (Non-Fiction)
- Venice, A New History- Thomas Madden - (Non- Fiction)
- Life is a Gift - Tony Bennett Autobiography
- The First Counsell - Brad Meltzer (Fiction)
- Destiny of the Republic - President James Garfield non-fiction by Candice Millard
- The Last Lion (volume III)- William Manchester and Paul Reid (non-fiction, Winston Churchill)
- Yellowstone Autumn -W.D. Wetherell (non-fiction about turning 55 and fishing in Yellowstone)
- Everybody was Young- (non-fiction Paris in the 1920's)
- Scorpion - (non fiction US Supreme Court)
- Supreme Power - Jeff Shesol (non-fiction)
- Zero day by David Baldacci ( I read all of Baldacci's Books)
- Northwest Angle - William Kent Krueger (fiction - I have read 5 or 6 books by this author)
- Camelot's Court-Insider the Kennedy Whitehouse- Robert Dallek
- Childe Hassam -Impressionist (a beautiful book of his paintings)
Friday, May 27, 2011
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