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Three Flea Market Buttons

Posted on June 19, 2017 by booksandbuttons

Well, it’s summer, and summer mornings–Sundays especially, to me mean going to the nearby flea market in Lambertville, New Jersey. I wander up and down the aisles–under the shady pavillion and out on the wider sunny area and I do … Continue reading →

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Fitness Class

Posted on June 13, 2017 by booksandbuttons

♫Maybe you know some little places to go to where they never close . . .” (downtown . . .  2, 3, 4) Listen to the music of the traffic of the city” . . 1,2,3,4) “Linger on the sidewalk … Continue reading →

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Patio Pots—-Thriller, a Filler, and a Spiller

Posted on June 9, 2017 by booksandbuttons

There you have it–the formula for your patio pots or planters.  Find a thriller–a showpiece for color or pizzazz like my red geranium.  Then use a “filler”–I used Dracena spike–and it looks pretty good (when it’s not gale force winds!) … Continue reading →

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A Good Choice by Ann Hallum

Posted on June 8, 2017 by booksandbuttons

Oh, my goodness!  talk about “armchair travel”!  The author has a sure hand as she carries us along with Bella, who is traveling in Europe on business for her New York fashion company.  We open in Paris and she has … Continue reading →

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A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers

Posted on May 18, 2017 by booksandbuttons

This was the book club selection for May.  It was the National Book Award winner in 2012.  It’s generally a reflection of the author’s take on the devastating effect of the recession on American business and workers. Alan Clay and … Continue reading →

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Lincoln: Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Posted on April 1, 2017 by booksandbuttons

Aha—the book club selection for March . . .  remember March?  Well, we met and discussed (what we had read of ) the book.  I had read to page 503 of 783 pages and stopped.  One member only read it … Continue reading →

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The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

Posted on February 11, 2017 by booksandbuttons

Settle back for a visit with Isabel Archer for 623 pages–but then, who’s counting? Isabel has been  brought to England from Albany NY (!) by an aunt, Mrs. Touchette, and as the book opens, she has arrived at Gardencourt—a lovely … Continue reading →

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Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann

Posted on February 6, 2017 by booksandbuttons

This book was the National Book Award Winner in 2009.  But, more to the point, it is a book our granddaughter claimed to be the best she ever read.  She  is twenty years old and in college and I decided … Continue reading →

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Heaven Sent by Helena Rubenstein

Posted on January 28, 2017 by booksandbuttons

When I was out button shopping last week at my favorite antiques group shop, (The Peoples Store, in Lambertville, New Jersey), I was looking in the glass cases downstairs and spied–really *spied* an old bottle that threw me back to … Continue reading →

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The Gershwins and Me by Michael Feinstein

Posted on January 27, 2017 by booksandbuttons

When I heard about this book I thought to myself :”Michael Feinstein must have been in his crib when he met the Gershwins!” But, no–he was in his early twenties when he met Ira Gershwin. The book was written in … Continue reading →

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