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Best Of Blog: Hemingway’s Cat is Missing

Posted on October 14, 2016 by splendidsummer

This post appeared in November 2011. The kitty pictured above wasn’t Hemingway’s cat but she was the inspiration for the Magical Cool Cat Mysteries. The books don’t really do her justice. She died unexpectedly and I’m just grateful now that … Continue reading →

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Ooh la la. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts

Posted on February 25, 2015 by splendidsummer

Ooh la la. My Paris Dream by Kate Betts is the best Paris memoir since Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. This isn’t one of the detached collections of vignettes about going to the market or Luxembourg Gardens that limply passes as … Continue reading →

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