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Lou Gossett also co wrote with Richie Havens a great anti war song "Handsome Johnny". It's on Richie's first album Mixed Bag. Rest in peace, sweet Lou.

I absolutely loved it. If you haven't already done so, you should read his first novel "Cutting for Stone". Another wonderful story.

He could have washed his hair! The Bear guy, that is.

Hell, no!!!! I want my Rhea!!!

Thanks for the explanation. Smart on Cecily 's part.

Can you tell me what happened last week re Cecily? Thanks

FYI Penzey is running their $50 gift card for $35 promotion. Great deal!

I totally agree. Very disappointing.

Tim is from Veep.

I've got tickets for the end of November and I'm super excited.

Thanks for your report. Still don't get why people seem to love it.

Please let me know what you think about it. I couldn't get over all the glowing reviews. What the heck was I missing.

Yikes! I just finished "Hello Beautiful" and I don't get the glowing reviews. It just repeated itself, over and over. Boring, and characters actions didn't ring true. And I loved Little Women when I was a kid. What a waste of time.

That makes sense. Too bad. She was fabulous and maybe then BCS would finally win an Emmy.

And yet every actor on Succession is nominated. Ugh! Bob, Rhea, Jonathan, Giancarlo, Michael, and Patrick are all winners in my heart. i really miss this show!

Emmy award nominations out. No surprise the show, Bob, and Rhea nominated (but I hold out little hope for a win ). Big surprise for me was no Carol Burnett for guest actress.

And the folks here have given me some good recommendations. I hope I have returned the favor.

I read that Falling book, too. The hype on it was wild so I gave it a whirl. Yikes, it was lousy. Glad it was a quick read and that I didn't waste too much time. beware of hype. It's bitten me in the a few times.

Super happy to see Abraham Verghese has a new book. Covenant of Water. Cutting for Stone is one of my all time favorite books.

Hope this works. Here's a gift link to the New York Times article about Julie Garwood. I am unfamiliar with her work, but many of you loved her so I thought you might like to read this. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/books/julie-garwood-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=ym2bjqfxtI8noDQG8SEXY_OeODgYE0il7AfkTa_6JCGZu7nBeXb8GgMJA9pkXYp8PUEaZzlq50e-GLbMqYt6TgRN-PJtROj9_iB245Bg4_IKXgeJ3R1_Ll6ImAmSGNqLCaqSq1U429nthOlgG2UBulk0ZQz-OKyj2kvrxUHrjopsvcC-dAAMLyKyNx4lEk0XXz0OT1_7EGIXK11GLbOOwxHKtIGMx0ggslSBUuv5YP-dk6aezt5-mhDNIsR2MbQGeuqS_D__48NShlkN_mXxoLByf67Bda_lOK0Y08YWyG2-BV7ofnIFKmhl8HYlDFYjnjlXeG-_PlfOtw&smid=url-share

I saw Some Like It Hot as my girlfriends Christmas outing. Ton of fun. Saw Camelot, mostly because I love the music and really love going to Vivian Beaumont theater ( full orchestra, great seating, cheap ticket). It was only ok, I was yawning at some parts. I'd skip. Saw Into the Woods. wonderful, of course. But it's closed.

What I found when I used Google: https://internetpoem.com/robert-louis-stevenson/wedding-prayer-poem/

Just finished John Boyne's newest book, "All the Broken Places". Compelling book, compelling premise, difficult subject. Protagonist is the daughter of a high ranking Nazi. It's a companion to his young adult novel "The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas". I would highly recommend if you can stand the subject. He is a wonderful writer. I might have mentioned his book "The Hearts Invisible Furies". One of my all time favorites. And his book "A Ladder to the Sky" is wild. It has the most evil character that I've ever read. But it was like a train wreck, you couldn't stop reading! All this to say John Boyne has become one of my favorites.

In the novel, the mom is not that bad. But the father is horrible. He doesn't have dementia and his only regret in life is that he was too hard on Dickens!!!!!! What a POS!

I read it and enjoyed it. Don't want to say too much about it or I will spoil it. The first part is written the way it is for a reason. It will make sense in the later parts.