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10/8/25
Give Dublin a Chance To Be Sure, To Be Sure
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This piece launches a new-for-me concept. Instead of a conventional travelogue I thought I’d add a new “Adventures With Rob” tab on the blog...
10/6/25
Wolk Pack: Discover the World of C. J. Box
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Wolf Pack (2019) By C. J. Box G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 370 pages ★★★★ If, like me, you've burned through the back catal...
9/24/25
Group of Seven on Display in Ottawa
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Lawren Harris, Winter Morning, 1924 Art is an inherently creative act, but it tends to thrive when others gravitate to the same st...
9/22/25
The Names: Fascinating and Frustrating
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The Names (2025) By Florence Knapp Viking/Penguin, 328 pages. ★★★ Perhaps you’ve heard of the “butterfly effect,” which...
9/19/25
Let’s Hear It for Massachusetts Politics
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Rally vs. Trump in Northampton on his birthday Readers of this blog know that I lambast politicians on a regular basis just to stay ...
9/17/25
Musings on Charlie Kirk
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Cut Off the Oxygen There’s a John Prine* song with a chorus that goes: Blow up your TV. Throw away your paper/Go the country. B...
9/15/25
Watching Over Her Imaginative and Moving
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Watching Over Her (2023 in French, 2025 in English translation) By Jean-Baptiste Andrea Simon & Schust...
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