January 21

We’re deep in the keep of winter now. This one feels like an old-fashioned winter. New England memory adds snow to past seasons. Lean winters don’t stick in the mind. There’s more talk of Florida lately now that we are past the holidays and snowbirds are jetting south for their weeks…

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

Through the years I’ve often seen favorable references to the “Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant” but had yet to read the book. With the arrival of 2011 and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, I concluded now was the time to remedy that omission. Having just finished the book,…

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