Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler My rating: 3 of 5 stars [Some semi-spoilers here – maybe ignore the quoted passages] We see the lives of Maggie and Ira Moran through the microscope of a day of travel. They start the day going to the funeral of Maggie’s best friend’s husband; later, they stop by the… Continue reading Reading: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Month: August 2016
2016 Summer Road Trip: The Road Home
July 14-19 2016 We have driven between Portland and Chicago many times via many routes: Wyoming and Nebraska, Minnesota through South Dakota and Montana, Minnesota and North Dakota, well you get the picture – we’ve seen plenty of the northern Great Plains. We wanted to try something different this time, even if it added some… Continue reading 2016 Summer Road Trip: The Road Home
Multnomah Women’s Chorus
Carla and her sister Linda have been in the local Multnomah Women’s Chorus for the past few years. There are four terms a year with a concert at the end of each term. The concerts include ensemble numbers and some soloists or duos. Linda’s bucket list includes singing Emmylou Harris’ Sorrow in the Wind with… Continue reading Multnomah Women’s Chorus
2016 Summer Road Trip – Family Time
The reason we drive 2,249 miles from Beaverton to Chicago is our family: our younger son, his wife, and their (now) two boys live in a western suburb of the Windy City. Their second child was born the day we left home and we could barely wait to get there; rather than meandering across the… Continue reading 2016 Summer Road Trip – Family Time
Reading: That Night by Alice McDermott
That Night by Alice McDermott My rating: 5 of 5 stars “That night” is the night Rick, a teenage boy, came to get Sheryl, his girlfriend from her house after Sheryl’s mother blocked them from seeing each other. A fight breaks out between the neighborhood men, protecting Sheryl because her father has died, and Rick’s… Continue reading Reading: That Night by Alice McDermott
