In 1956, Gavin Maxwell was traveling in southern Iraq when it occurred to him that he would like to own an otter (his beloved dog had recently died). Though he had a flat in London and traveled widely, he also had tenancy of a remote house in Sandaig, on the western coast of Scotland, and… Continue reading Reading Challenge month 1 – A book set in a different country
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Pedants will tell me that it's not officially winter yet, but let's not quibble. Zero degrees F on the thermometer this morning, snow and ice solidly gripping the ground, Elliot the blueberry bush up to his neck in snow, another nor'easter roaring up the coast tomorrow. Let's call a winter a winter. Today I watched… Continue reading Time passes. Listen.