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1 point– New Author – Suzanne Jenkins Barbara:  Someone Like You by Suzanne Jenkins. While this book wasn’t a dramatic masterpiece, it did confront the topic of forgiveness. Can a terribly abused child ever forgive her parents, both the perpetrator … Continue reading →

2 points – Activity In today’s day and age there really shouldn’t be anybody who is unaware of racial injustice. The film Just Mercy deals with the injustice of false imprisonment on death row and the systemic racism of the … Continue reading →

2 points – IRVING, Texas IRVING is about 30 miles from where we live but neither of us had ever been there. Fortunately, the IRVING ARTS CENTER had a SOME ILLUSTRATOR! Exhibit that featured pictures by Melissa Sweet. It was … Continue reading →

2 points – IDENTITY, INHERITANCE and Artificial INSEMINATION We recently had lunch with a few friends and discussed the book Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love by Dani Shapiro.  Having recently discovered that one of her parents wasn’t her biological parent, this 50+ … Continue reading →

2 points: Movie theme: Immigrants The whole topic of Illegal immigrants is so political right now that I don’t really want to get into it strongly. A Better Life was about a single father in America illegally with his teenage … Continue reading →

2 points – Activity Crafts have never been our strong point. Ask us to discuss a book? We’re there. Come over for a game? Absolutely. See a movie? We’ll do a double feature. But suggest we do a craft? After … Continue reading →

December is always a busy time of the year, so it’s a welcome escape from the hustle and bustle to just sit back and read or watch a movie. 2 points – New author: A.S.A. HARRISON Barbara: One of my … Continue reading →

December is one of those months where there’s very little time to do anything new. Between Barbara going out of town for a week and the Holidays at the end of the month, we are going to have to make … Continue reading →

Although the ABC Life is all about trying new things, there’s something to be said for old traditions. Thanksgiving is one of our very favorite holidays for that reason. The “kids” come in and traditions abound: Feast at Barbara’s house … Continue reading →

To restart our G pursuits, we headed off to visit a new area and a new restaurant. 2 points: GRANITE PARK and GOOD UNION BBQ Granite Park is a not so new but new to us section of our city. … Continue reading →