Monthly Archives: December 2020

Seasons Blessings

Posted on December 30, 2020 by dianeledet

A friend of mine in France named Estelle kindly sent me this poem which so appropriately speaks to us all this year. If— Launch Audio in a New WindowBY RUDYARD KIPLING (‘Brother Square-Toes’—Rewards and Fairies) If you can keep your head … Continue reading →

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Obsession

Posted on December 20, 2020 by dianeledet

Written in 1915, Of Human Bondage, by W. Somerset Maugham is another of the top 150 novels of the last century. Perhaps some of you are familiar with the movie adaptation starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard which pales in … Continue reading →

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Rest In Peace John le Carre

Posted on December 14, 2020 by dianeledet

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Consequences

Posted on December 13, 2020 by dianeledet

Up At the Villa is a novella by W. Somerset Maugham which was published in 1941. In this thought provoking story we are introduced to Mary, a young thirty-two-year-old widow who is living in Florence in the restored villa of … Continue reading →

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Memory

Posted on December 7, 2020 by dianeledet

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean is an interesting novel about a Russian woman with Alzheimer’s named Marina. This story flips back and forth between current day and World War Two. During the war, Marina lived and worked as … Continue reading →

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