pen4hire on March 15th, 2010

Destination: Sri Lanka Book: Not Quite Paradise: An American Sojourn in Sri Lanka, (2010) by Adele Barker

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pen4hire on March 12th, 2010

Destination: Provençe, France Movie: The Grocer’s Son (Les Fils de l’epicier)(2008)

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pen4hire on March 11th, 2010

The Sydney Morning Herald just added this article in their Backpackers’ Blog with a list of ten greatest travel movies. I’ve seen many of them, particularly love Lost in Translation. Can’t wait to see the others that I have not yet seen. Just goes to show what a small world it is. Match up Australian [...]

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pen4hire on March 10th, 2010

The Great American Road Trip Book: We’re There Rhode Island (2005)by Elizabeth S. Grumbach The subtitle says it all: Games, Puzzles and Fun Facts for Children as they Explore the Ocean State. invites filling in the blanks, map reading, coloring, puzzle solving and (shhhh!) learning.

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pen4hire on March 7th, 2010

Well another year of Oscars are history, and as usual, I had not seen enough of the Acadamy Award nominees to judge, and those that I DID want to win did not. 

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pen4hire on March 5th, 2010

Destination: Italy and read more about Italy……

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pen4hire on March 4th, 2010

Congratulations are due. PEN New England honors Elyssa East for Dogtown as best non-fiction set in New England.  The relevant part of the press release is below. Just look at the great company that Elyssa is in! You can see our take on Dogtown, the first inspiring travel literature in our Great American Road Trip [...]

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pen4hire on March 3rd, 2010

The Great American Road Trip   Destination: New Hampshire Book: The Good, Good Pig:The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood, by Sy Montgomery. Where would we be without librarians?

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pen4hire on March 2nd, 2010

As I was writing this post, the 2010 Bloggie awards were being announced.  A beautiful, and always interesting read, Camels and Chocolate won in the Travel Blog category. The overall winner also won best writing and best design. Needless to say, The Pioneer Woman is a worthwhile stop on your daily blog tour. Congratulations to [...]

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