Cats of Morocco . . .

It’s Independence Day in Morocco, and I’m marking it by celebrating the Cats of Marrakech (do you know about cats’ status in Islam?). . . while readying myself to take the first steps homeward soon. Click through to read and see more.

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A Horse Named Cash. . . Report from a 70th Birthday Celebration

Still slowed down here and the post I’d planned to come back with is taking longer than I expected to put together. . . So I’m just here to say thanks for all the birthday…

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February, Books Read: Mysteries, Non-Fiction, French Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction in Translation. . . . All the Books!

Whew! That’s a title, eh? I figured you might be wearying of “November Books Read, Books Read in December, January Books Read, etc., but I couldn’t quite rise to snappy. I’ll try harder next month…

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An Unlikely Road Trip: Sara Baume’s Literary Debut

I’d make my apologies for the lapse since last posting, but by now, this is what you’ve come to expect here. My mother used to insist that an apology was only as good as the…

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André Alexis’ Fifteen Dogs

I know, I know, I know. I made promises I’m not keeping here, but life’s a bit busy right now, and the va-et-vient means that sometimes the books I’d like to write about are not…

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