The pacific northwest is a beautiful region and Art Wolfe captures that in his amazing photography. For some of the best pictures of this area take a look at On Puget Sound by Art Wolfe (with Philip Kramer and text by William Dietrich).

This will date me, for sure, and probably some of you, too ... remember Paul Harvey? (!) I used to enjoy his radio broadcast where he'd tell some interesting story and then tie it all up at the end with something often unexpected. The show and the book have the same name: Paul Harvey's the Rest of the Story, by Paul Aurandt (his actual last name). Lot's of fun stuff here! I like to cover up the last couple of paragraphs and see if I can figure out the ending before I read it.

Just what does a president do to have fun? To relax or unwind from the stress of the job? Find out in Presidential Diversions: Presidents at Play from George Washington to George W. Bush, by Paul F. Boller, Jr. Seems a lot of them played golf! Many enjoyed music, some even played an instrument or two. Many rode, many read. A most interesting read. :-)

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