To Lea Blake, who was the first wife of a friend of mine from way back, and who put up with me for six weeks while I lived with them in Florida. She notably introduced me to refried beans, currently a staple of my diet.

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Started reading Julie & Julia a few days ago and have been finding it about as hard to put down as anything I’ve read recently. She is entertaining, funny and compelling. Frankly, it reminds me of reading myself, which sounds terribly immodest.
Most importantly, I did see the film when it was out, which [...]

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Everyone knows about Where The Wild Things Are. It was a staple of my childhood. However, I was completely unaware that Maurice Sendak had written anything else.
My ex had a different perspective, being smitten with Chicken Soup With Rice when she was a kid. So she bought it for our five year [...]

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