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Saratoga Polo.  Fabulous, as usual.

The U.S. Submarine Force Library and Museum in nearby Groton, CT, was worth checking out.

Rob Reid’s “Year Zero” can best be described as The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” meets the Berne Convention. Aliens fall in love with our music, but then fall victim to our copyright laws. Read reviews here and here. Recommended … Continue reading →

In An Ideal Wine, David Darlington tells the story of the California wine industry since the early 1970’s — at times in numbing detail. There is a very interesting story in here, but it’s tougher than it should be to … Continue reading →

In “Hot Time in the Old Town,” Edward Kohn tells the largely forgotten story of the August 1896 heat wave that hit much of the eastern United States and caused the death of 1,500 New Yorkers.  The book focuses on … Continue reading →

I’m looking forward to playing around with WordPress, and seeing what I can do with it. My thought it that this will be a good place to put book reviews and recommendations, but I might share another thought or two…