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Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 9:13 PM

Just got back yesterday from spending the weekend at a camp in the Adirondacks. A combination of things gave me a lot to think about, so much so that I don't think I have time to put it all into one post. The week before, all of the meteorologists, here and in Watertown said it would rain all weekend, and this I was prepared for -- but the weather was lovely, and I was so grateful. We were able to hike and go canoeing, which is what I had really hoped we would be able to do. I took Friday off work, packed at my leisure, drove up and arrived relatively early. Driving back Monday was a joy because of what was not there -- no need to race home, no need to immediately unpack. Somehow, being up there momentarily cleared my mind of all the usual crap that resides there. There was time to read and hang out with people and just be.

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Amesterdam by Ian McEwan. See post for Aug. 31, 2005.

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss. I guess you would say this is the story of a book, and all the people connected to it. It is well-crafted. Some very, very sad parts. I hardly ever read anything more than once. This is probably worth reading twice. Will I do that? Probably not. But it's good enough that I can conceive of doing that.

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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith. How can you go wrong with a title like this? Actually, I listened to this as a book on tape. The narration and intonation was excellent. My stepfather read it and was not too impressed, so I would recomend listening to it.

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