In the Unlikely Event

Tag: Reading

August 18, 2009

In the Unlikely Event

Of one’s own death, what happens to all your emails, websites, blogs, bank accounts and bills with online only access?  Searching for another topic, I came on a nifty article […]

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August 16, 2009

FYI

The New York Times Magazine has an essay of mine this morning  in the “Lives” section.  It’s about my husband’s and my experience with the French health system, with a […]

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August 7, 2009

Book v Kindle

My cousin Barb, in Ukraine with the Peace Corps, took a Kindle with her, and a mighty fine idea that was, too: remote from any English-language bookstores or libraries, she […]

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August 3, 2009

Urban Life

Strangers to Chicago, and even us hard-bitten natives, are wary of muggers in the parks and after dark.  I recently learned that all last winter, as my dog and I […]

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July 30, 2009

Tour schedule for Hardball

When my webmistress, Lisa Hazen, finishes my new site, the blog and the tour info and everything will all be available in one place, and I will be trained in […]

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July 28, 2009

V I’s Whereabouts–Updated

I didn’t give enough details on how and when to send in your suggestions for where V I spent the years I was writing other stories (see the post below […]

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July 26, 2009

Where Has V I Warshawski Been?

Hardball will be in stores on September 22, but I have an extra Advance Reader Copy –what some people call bound galleys.  As you may remember, it’s been a few […]

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July 24, 2009

Thank you, New Jersey!

I live in a state that has sent 3 governors to prison since 1960, with a 4th on his way.  And I live in a city and county where public […]

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July 22, 2009

Suspicions of Mr. Whicher

This book, by Kate Summerscale, is quite a tour de force.  Jonathan Whicher was one of the first detectives in the Metropolitan Police in 19th Century London, and Summerscale tells […]

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July 20, 2009

SPS

When I was a kid, if I brought home the news that my teacher had particularly praised some project of mine, my father would frown and say, “SPS.” This stands […]

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