Friday, November 13, 2020

A Good-bye Alex Weekly Link Round-Up

 


A day's euphoria and then an expected, yet dreaded, loss. Gameshow host Alex Trebek became a part of the warp and weft of my life long ago. VCRs meant that I no longer had to miss an episode of Jeopardy. There was something about the timbre, the cadence of Alex Trebek's voice that told my brain that all was right with the world. I will miss him.

Now it's time to mosey out to the link corral. I'll take Rawhide for $1200, Alex. Head 'em up. Moooove 'em out...


►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄
 
►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄
 
►Crafty Little Gems◄
  • Atelier Soo tops her cakes with perfectly piped bouquets of realistic buttercream flowers. (Too beautiful to eat!) 
 
►Fascinating Folk◄
  • Ann Cleeves: Stories have always been healing, so I'm funding bibliotherapists.
 
►I ♥ Lists & Quizzes◄


That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!

16 comments:

  1. I'll miss Alex Trebek, too, Cathy! What a loss. 2020 has just been that kind of year, and I will not miss it when it goes. In the meantime, speaking of going, I'm off to see that new Nazca line. I've always thought they were fascinating.

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    1. Those Nazca Lines have always intrigued me, too, Margot.

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  2. I'll miss Alex T as well. I just read his new memoir which was very good.

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    1. You're the second person who's told me that. I know I'll be reading it, too, but it will be awhile.

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  3. I'm mourning the loss of Alex Trebek also - as Margot commented, 2020 has been that kind of year. Sigh!

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  4. And the painting restoration link immediately brings Gabriel All on from Daniel Silva's mysteries to mind :)

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    1. I have the first book in that series sitting on my TBR shelves. One of these days... (But I loved watching that painting being restored!)

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    2. Oh, you have a great series to look forward to :)

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    3. That's always good to know! :-)

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  5. It is nice to see (from news, blogs, social media) how much Alex Trebek meant to so many people. I'm interested in his memoir--a man many have felt comfortable with for decades, but know little about his life apart from the show.

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    1. I like the fact that he was able to keep so much of his life private. That's not easy in this day and age.

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  6. It was inevitable that the world lose Alex, but I still was not at all prepared to see him go. And now, they are talking about his replacement, etc. IMO, he is not someone who can be replaced no matter how hard they try. The show will be so different to longtime fans that it may just end up failing now. I hope not. At the least it will, at least in the shorter term, be a way to remember the man he was. I've got mixed emotions about it even going on much longer without him. We'll see.

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    1. I'm willing to wait and see what happens because nothing they do will dim my memories of Alex Trebek.

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  7. Thanks for the links. I always love the animal shenanigans.

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