Summer Fun in 2003
We enjoyed a fun day trip to Columbia, SC, to the Riverbanks Zoo. My personal fave was, of course, the penguins! Members of two species make their home there: rockhoppers and African penguins. Most people think of penguins as living in COLD climates, but most do not. And ALL live in the southern hemisphere.
To celebrate our anniversary, we drove over to Columbia with our mountain bikes in the back of the truck and enjoyed a 14-mile late-afternoon ride along Columbia's canal, along Main Street, then into Five Points and supper at Yo Burrito. The Governor's House Hotel has a nice swimming pool, so we enjoyed a morning swim before lunching at Sherlock Holmes Pub and browsing in some of our favourite Columbia haunts.
Well, I completed my Great Roadtrip! I decided several months ago that it would be fun to visit the six independent booksellers in SC that sponsor Radio Reader on SC public radio. So I did! I took pictures and kept a journal, so click here to see/read about it!
Monte and I had a wonderful opportunity to again join my sister, brother-in-law and some folks from their church, this time on a medical mission effort in Lynch, KY. As we did in Paraguay, Monte and I worked in the eye clinic (Notice the official-looking clipboard he's holding!) Speaking of holding, that's Bob, a local celebrity, holding on to me!
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I spent the first few days of summer at Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, SC. The free art displays and free organ concerts and relatively inexpensive Young Artist Series are my favourite events. Imagine my surprise when a former student turned out to be the featured College of Charleston pianist. I understand that he's headed to Julliard in the fall. Way to go, Matt! My fave theatre performance was probably the outrageous Girls Wear Shirts, performed by SILENT PARTNERS Hilarie Burke and Calliope Porter.
Summer readings:
(Books 4, 5, & 6 of the Irene Adler series by Carole Nelson Douglas)
Irene's Last Waltz
Chapel Noir
Castle Rouge
Shadow of an Angel by Mignon E. Ballard
The Silver Chair, (audiotape) book 6 of Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis
Unnatural Exposure (audiotape) by Patricia Cornwell - great plot - I felt like I was watching CSI on television!
The Last Battle (audiotape), book 7 of the Narnian series.
Morse's Greatest Mystery and other stories by Colin Dexter - a disappointment to me because not all of the stories dealt with Morse. And the title story was NOT Morse's greatest, in my opinion. Perhaps it was just too subtle for my summer mind!
The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe. What a GREAT beach read, especially since the setting is Isle of Palms and I just happened to be sitting on Isle of Palms beach while I was reading it! Coincidence? I think not!
Death at Dartmoor by Robin Paige. I jumped into this series at the 8th book, attracted, no doubt, by the Sherlockian connection! A fun read. Oh groan, ANOTHER series of must-reads!
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry. I have no idea why I bought this book; it doesn't fit into any of the genres that I usally enjoy reading. And several times I considered putting it aside unfinished. But I'm so glad I did finish - and then I wished it would not end! Some of Jayber's quiet philosophy crept into a recent Sunday School lesson!
Three Weeks in Paris (audiotape) by Barbara Taylor Bradford.
The Dead Sea Cipher by Elizabeth Peters
Nights in Rodantheby Nicholas Sparks. My daughter has loved ALL of Nicholas' books, so when this one came out in paperback, I bought it for her but had to read it first. Not my fave of his, but good nonetheless.
The Shadow of the Galilean by Gerd Theissen was (fortunately) not as heavy as I feared it may be (This IS summertime, after all!). It is subtitled "The quest of the historical Jesus in narrative form," and that's just what it is. For a commentary by chapters, click here.
Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esme Raji Codell - what a great book to end my official reading of the summer! A real encouragement to use veterans of the classroom and an inspiration to the wannabees!
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