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The Corona Chronicles – Whatever Happened To Spring?

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

The beginning of the week saw the official start of Spring, with the vernal equinox. Tonight, we will be moving the clocks forward one hour, thus heralding the official start of Israel Summer Time. The weather, however, does not seem … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – I Have Seen “The Beast”

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

Well, the question of whether or not to have the “booster” jab is now settled – for me, at least. The week before last, I had what appeared to be a cold (and, I have to say, I have had … Continue reading →

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Book Club

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Shimona from the Palace

Warning: May contain spoilers – although I’ll do my very best to avoid them, because I really, truly think you should read this book 🙂 . Ransom Riggs’ first novel, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”, is told in the … Continue reading →

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Book of the Month

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Shimona from the Palace

I’ve just finished reading a truly delightful book: The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Written in Swedish, the novel  appeared last year in a Hebrew translation as one of Steimatzky’s Books of the Month … Continue reading →

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Dickens in December

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Shimona from the Palace

One of the things I promised myself I would do, once I retired, was to find time to catch up on my reading – and, in particular, my reading of the classics. So the December readalong on Caroline’s seductively named … Continue reading →

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