Word: journeys
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...Sitting on a book in front of shelves of other books, Dewey invites me to just curl up with him right here and fall into a fantasy land of good reading. (Note: cat not included in cost of purchase.) IZZY AND LENORE: TWO DOGS, AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY, AND ME by Jon Katz A robust black lab pup stares into my eyes as if I have all the answers in the world. There really is nothing like a warm and fuzzy animal to make me feel warm and fuzzy. Yes, I can and will just take this puppy into my arms...
...since then, three more “Community Advisories” have arrived—one detailing an incident involving a handgun. That got me thinking. One evening I decided against strolling to Lamont, knowing that the return journey would require me to walk back to the River in the dark, alone...
...song feels bracing and exuberant. The result is an album whose ferocious commitment to several strains of the metal tradition belies its patent complexity and eagerness to appropriate other musical idioms. “The Unforgiven III” opens with familiar themes of Norse mythology and epic journey: “Set sail to sea, but pulled off course / By the light of golden treasure / How could he know this new dawn’s light / Would change his life forever?” But the string quartet and clutch of trombones that introduce the song, as well...
...these are minor squalls in what is otherwise a rather pleasant journey. Sea of Poppies ends somewhere off the coast of Malaya, with the motley crew we met in India now poised to go off in myriad directions. Ghosh is coy about his next act, but speaks keenly of the month he spent researching in Guangzhou - the Canton of old. Could the Opium Wars soon entangle the Ibis? Or will it be a mutiny of disgruntled migrants? Or what about the machinations of a mysterious ex-pirate from Burma's Muslim Rohingya minority, whose betel-stained gums and drooping mustache...
...Porter is one of few professors at Harvard who can claim a résumé punctuated by multiple stints on Pennsylvania Avenue. But it was a long journey from practicing his serve on the tennis team at Brigham Young to playing a match at the White House—as Gerald Ford’s partner...