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Jeff Wrangler:
I am really enjoying Lawrence Wright's article about Texas (July 10 and 17), but, as seems to me to be so often the case with The New Yorker today, the article is way too long.
Texas seems to have way more problems than a refusal to drink coffee. ...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 13, 2017, 01:01:30 pm ---I am really enjoying Lawrence Wright's article about Texas (July 10 and 17), but, as seems to me to be so often the case with The New Yorker today, the article is way too long.
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So true! I was recently reading something -- I can't remember the topic, but it was kind of interesting. Then I flipped ahead and realized there were about six more pages and just thought, oh forget it, and moved on.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on July 14, 2017, 09:25:24 am ---So true! I was recently reading something -- I can't remember the topic, but it was kind of interesting. Then I flipped ahead and realized there were about six more pages and just thought, oh forget it, and moved on.
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I did that, too, recently, and I can't remember which article it was, either.
But if you skip the Wright article, at least page through it and read the part where he writes about the late, great Anne Richards. I think that's the best part! (Apparently Gov. Richards and that other late, great woman, Molly Ivins, were on a first-name basis.)
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 14, 2017, 09:58:01 am ---But if you skip the Wright article, at least page through it and read the part where he writes about the late, great Anne Richards. I think that's the best part!
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Thanks for the tip!
--- Quote --- (Apparently Gov. Richards and that other late, great woman, Molly Ivins, were on a first-name basis.)
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That doesn't surprise me -- I imagine they knew each other well.
Jeff Wrangler:
Wow! Looks like the July 24 issue is loaded with interesting things to read.
Right now I'm reading Peter Hessler's article about Grand Junction. I've been through Grand Junction on the train, and it looked like a place I wouldn't want to live. Hessler is only confirming my impression.
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