July 27, 2017 in Oregon Today I did something that shocked me. My behavior was reprehensible and, I hope, out of character. I’m only telling it now because it brought something long-buried in me to …
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For years, I shied away from traveling in France: I don't speak French, the people are reputed to be snooty....and even though I loved my time last year in Paris, I've been cautious about that …
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Have you had the experience, upon finally closing a book, of being speechless? Or being deeply grateful (and perhaps envious) because someone had both the capacity to think so clearly about a …
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I’ve been housesitting in Boulder less than a week, and happily I've found a walking trail that fits my three-mile round-trip requirement. Goose Creek Greenway, a stream with a winding path beside it, …
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“Do you need someone to be the corpse?” I asked the Care-of-the-Body team instructor. “Because if you do, I’ll volunteer. I’d like to doze a bit.” That was hardly an exalted motive, I admit, but it …
Strolling along the Thames near the Tate Modern last evening, near the Blackfriars Bridge Ticket Office I chanced upon the first d-pod in England. It’s been in existence for less than a week. What fun …
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Note: I’m just now, in Spring 2017, sorting materials I collected on my trip to Europe in August & September 2016; I’ll occasionally post reflections and photos of that trip, dating my posts as if …
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Finally, I’ve made it on to the last of the sequence of trains I need to take to get from central Madrid to Barajas airport. I’ve asked five people how to navigate the metro-cum-Renfe train system and …
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At the Democratic Convention in July, Bill Clinton gave a loving, personal, and illuminating speech about Hillary that included the story of his multiple proposals of marriage to her. I enjoyed …
An Occasional Post on Art that Thrills Me I saw an exhibit that made me oogle and cheer in Santa Fe in August 2016. It was “MAIL ART! *Priority Mail*” at the Axle Contemporary, a irreverent mobile …
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