The combination of a Paris visit (a week with my sister at the beginning of May) and my just-beginning Retirement has me ramping up my efforts with the French language. Listening to French radio and…
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My Retirement has not officially begun yet; with my colleagues, at this time in a normal work year, if I weren’t away at a conference right now,I’d either be at a conference right now, or…
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1. Weather: My daughter just Instagram-posted a screenshot of the weather in Rome, where she’s been trying to find shady spots for hanging out with our granddaughter. 34 Degrees! That’s tough in a city, and they’ve…
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I always wonder about posting too soon after a post I still hope readers will look at. Once the post is “below the fold,” to use newspaper speak, does it disappear into the ether? Is…
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Here I am in the sitting area on our floor of Seattle’s Best Western Pioneer Square hotel last week, the great old staircase just behind me. The area right around it is a bit rough…
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