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May 11, 2019

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A Dream Vacation to Italy

As the mini-tour bus pulls into this quaint little Italian village, my husband and I exchange glances of excitement. Approaching the village from the south, we'd caught glimpses of beautiful…

May 2, 2019

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Bittersweet...Colleen McCullough's Life

The financial success of Tim and The Thorn Birds novels gave best-selling Australian novelist Colleen McCullough the financial freedom to give up her medical career as a neuroscientist medical researcher…

April 20, 2019

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Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny ...and Beatrix Potter

Feeling nostalgic for Beatrix Potter's classic children's stories of Peter Rabbit and his friends? This episode of the 1993 TV series The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends combines live action…

November 7, 2018

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Book Review & Excerpt: Mr. Novak

Update November 2018 - Mr. Novak now out on DVD courtesy Warner Archive! An Acclaimed Television Series By Chuck Harter Introduction by Richard Donner, Forward by Martin Landau, and Afterword…

June 21, 2018

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Fantasy Faves Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon

Prolific fantasy fiction author (140+ novels) and baby boomer Mercedes Lackey (nee Ritchie) was born in Chicago, Illinois (June 24, 1950). Her occasional co-author & fantasy illustrator - and second husband…

May 24, 2018

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W. P. Kinsella & Shoeless Joe In Field of Dreams

W. P. Kinsella was the celebrated Canadian author of the 1982 classic baseball novel Shoeless Joe (the inspiration for the 1989 movie Field of Dreams), and other fictional stories featuring baseball…

April 12, 2017

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Celebrating Seniors - Author Beverly Cleary

Update April 12 2017: Beverly Cleary is now 101 years old! The United States Library of Congress has named children's author Beverly Cleary a "Living Legend"; her 35+ books for…

January 25, 2017

The Troubled Life and Loves of Virginia Woolf

Celebrated English publisher, writer and novelist Virginia Woolf was born January 25, 1882; her birth name was Adeline Virginia Stephen. (Virginia Woolf 1902 Photo: George C. Beresford) Virginia Woolf's father Sir Leslie…

December 12, 2016

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Baby Boomer Books: Trixie Belden Series

Baby boomers may be familiar with the children's mystery book series featuring amateur girl detective Trixie Belden, based in the the Hudson Valley area of New York. (Source Photos: Pinterest,…

September 5, 2016

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Technology for Seniors: OverDrive

Overdrive article source: What is OverDrive? by TechBoomers.com Happy Labour Day! And what better way to spend a holiday relaxing from your labours, than by reading a great book? Overdrive lets…