Meg Raymond's Posts
RPL Author
African-American History Month in Richmond
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]
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PODCASTS – THE ART OF CURIOUS LISTENING
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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One time, not that many years ago, my sister called me on a Friday night and asked me what I was doing. “Knitting and listening to the radio” I said. […]
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Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That – Reading When There’s No Time to Read
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Now that the days are shorter, and the nights seem endless, you would think there would be time to sit on the sofa with a big thick book – perhaps […]
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Cooking (and eating!) in November
Posted about 4 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews
Cowboy Fiction
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews, Reading Recommendations
The westward expansion of America was untamed, uncivilized, and lawless. Yet there were unwritten rules in the “wild west” that were sometimes as strict as any actual law. Zane Grey’s […]
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September is all about YOU
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews
September is both Self-Improvement Month and Self-Care Awareness Month, so make this month all about you. Self-care advocates often suggest visualizing a “happy place” to relieve stress and induce relaxation. My imaginary […]
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All Kinds of Families
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” –Tolstoy I grew up in a neighborhood of not-big houses on small lots. Most of […]
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Richmond Public Library – Moments in Time
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews
The history of Richmond Public Library began a century before the first library building opened. The library timeline is a fascinating glimpse of readers (and movers and shakers) of a […]
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Read Around the World
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews
Happy Birthday, Will!
Posted about 5 years ago by Meg Raymond
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Book Reviews
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? — “Twelfth Night” William Shakespeare was baptized on 26 April, 1564, so […]
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