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Peter Heggie
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Watching the St. Lawrence River flow, in the 1000 Islands, 🇨🇦. I’m going to use this site mostly for book posts. 📚☕️
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 24/X

Maggie Cassidy (1959) ~ Jack Kerouac 🇺🇸

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November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Ninety pages in and enjoying very much.
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 23/X

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times (2020) ~ Katherine May 🇬🇧

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November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Perfect day here in the 1000 Islands to make chili con carne. Mmmm. 🌧️🍂☕️📚🍷

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October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 22/X

The Man Who Planted Trees (1954,20th Anniversary printing of 1985 edition) ~ Jean Giono 🇫🇷 (Engravings by Michael McCurdy 🇺🇸)

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October 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 21/X

Summer’s Lease: Autobiography 1901-1938 (1966) ~ Sir John Rothenstein 🇬🇧

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October 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 20/X

Living in the Present with John Prine (2025) ~ Tom Piazza 🇺🇸

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October 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I present my latest reads (this one a re-read), with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 19/X

Night (1958,1960 tr.) ~ Elie Wiesel 🇭🇺 🇫🇷 (Stella Rodway, translator)

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September 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 18/X

The Iron Heel (1907) ~ Jack London 🇺🇸

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September 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 17/X

The Grapes of Wrath (1939) ~ John Steinbeck 🇺🇸

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September 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Read this a few years ago and really enjoyed it. From 1970.
September 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 16/X

Death of a Salesman (1949) ~ Arthur Miller 🇺🇸

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August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 15/X

World of Fairs: The Century-of-Progress Expositions (1993) ~ Robert W. Rydell 🇺🇸

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August 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 14/X

The Oaken Heart (1941) ~ Margery Allingham 🇬🇧

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August 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 13/X

The Great Transformation: The Beginning of our Religious Traditions (2006) ~ Karen Armstrong 🇬🇧

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August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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August 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 12/X

Blue Highways: A Journey Into America (1982) ~ William Least Heat Moon [William Trogdon]

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August 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 11/X

The Search for the Genuine: Nonfiction, 1970-2015 (2022) ~ Jim Harrison

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July 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 10/X

Doctor Sax (1959) ~ Jack Kerouac

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July 20, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 9/X

Selections from ‘The Tatler’ and ‘The Spectator’ (1970) ~ Joseph Addison and Richard Steele (Robert J. Allen, Ed.)

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July 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 8/X

Edward and the Edwardians (1962) ~ Philippe Jullian (1967 English tr. ~ Peter Dawnay)

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July 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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‘Stars’, last night at Base 31, Picton, ON, 🇨🇦. Geat venue and terrific show! 📸 Kate Biringer

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July 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 7/X

Ravelstein ~ Saul Bellow

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June 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 6/X

Illuminations and Other Prose Poems ~ Arthur Rimbaud (Louise Varèse, tr.)

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June 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I present my latest reads, with an open-ended tally and with a rating (out of five ⭐️). 5/X

A Place in the Country ~ W. G. Sebald

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June 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM