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juliebarreto
1 yr ago
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I joined May 22, 2002, after hearing an NPR story.
juliebarreto
6 yrs ago
I still remember the great time I had at the Dublin convention, and all the wonderful people I met there! Since then I've retired (yay!), moved back to Hawai`i, and keep busy with canoe paddling, sketching, and, of cour…
juliebarreto
8 yrs ago
I just planted two of these yesterday! They are so fragrant. I planted one just by my string hammock, and it's delightful to lay in the hammock under the shade of the olive tree, read (the first Maisie Dobbs mystery), …
juliebarreto
9 yrs ago
It won the Orange Prize, which I had to go look up to find out what it was for. I learned it's for women writing in English. OK. I find Kingsolver reliably good, although I'm only 27 pages in. Oh, and I had to look u…
Book Talk
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The August First Sentence Thread
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"It was probably the German people, the Volk, which surprised me most of all."
juliebarreto
9 yrs ago
"Look Who's Back," by Timur Vermes
juliebarreto
9 yrs ago
I just finished this and really enjoyed it, but I have Qs.....can anyone help me out? 1) Who killed blackguard Francis Carver? 2) How was illiterate Anna able to sign Emery Staines' name? 3) Was Lydia really never bro…
juliebarreto
9 yrs ago
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Danke auch für die Einladung (meine erste hier in Deutschland!). Aber fahre ich am Donnerstag nach Toskana, und leider habe ich diese Woche nicht genug Zeit.
juliebarreto
9 yrs ago
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/travel/solo-in-paris.html
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
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juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
occurring every day, or belonging to every day
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/31/arts/design/pop-ups-from-prague-celebrates-vojtech-kubasta.html?rref=arts/design&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Art%20%26%20Design&pgtype=arti…
German - Deutsch
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"Cold Comfort Farm" von Stella Gibbons
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RE: RE: "Cold Comfort Farm" von Stella Gibbons
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
Ich danke Ihnen. (Ich weiß es nicht warum ich habe dass nicht gefunden.)
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
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Ist es möglich dass es keine deutsche Übersetzung von dieser humorvoll Klassiker gibt?!!!????
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
and she's a guilty pleasure! The waxed floors, polished copper pots, the masses of flowers in pots....and always the phrase "run to earth" to mean finding something, and a "toes up" for a nap. I find myself paying mor…
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
I've only read Water Babies (as a kid) and had hardly heard of the others.
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
we look out onto the Neckar River and on it I see big barges, pleasure party boats, canoes, and power boats. On the street along each side of the river are cars, pedestrians, and cyclists. On the other side of the rive…
juliebarreto
10 yrs ago
As I read the query, I just happened to be licking the mixing bowl after just putting one in the oven. It's a great picnic cake, easy to cut and transport. Chopped walnuts and chocolate chips go on top instead of frost…
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
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Oh, I'm just one of those people addicted to the NYTimes, and I found it a happy coincidence they happened to feature that city today.
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
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Here's an edited cut and paste, sans the cool photos:
"THE industrial port city of Gothenburg, on Sweden’s west coast, has little of the glamour that graces the country’s capital, Stockholm. But this once resolutely w…
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/nyregion/in-retrospect-where-the-books-are-the-art-at-castle-gallery.html?nl=nyregion&emc=edit_ur_20121007
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
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http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/travel/36-hours-in-gothenburg-sweden.html?src=dayp
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/books/review/nicholson-baker-by-the-book.html?nl=books&emc=edit_bk_20120914
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/16/books/review/nicholson-baker-by-the-book.html?nl=books&emc=edit_bk_20120914
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/nyregion/ny-designer-puts-lending-libraries-into-pay-phone-kiosks.html
juliebarreto
11 yrs ago
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My kids and I aboslutely loved this and gut-laughed our way through "The Brick Testament." I hadn't known he made it into a book, and will look for it!
