While The Blog and I are taking a Summer Vacation, I thought I’d line up a few posts from Way Back in the Archives in case you want to browse them while I’m “away.” Here’s one from The Blog’s very first month, July 2007, 15 years ago (I know, I can’t believe I’ve been here that long either!). That fellow’s birthday’s being celebrated again today, and to me, he looks scarcely any older . . .
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Summertime, and the living is. . . delightful, but not as easy as when we were younger and had more energy! We’ve been hanging out a fair bit with a very energetic (and much younger!) crowd this summer, and I’m doing some Activity Triage here. Maybe this happens in your summer as well?
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Mysteries (in English and Italian), perfect for reading in your hammock or by the fireplace (if you’re mid-winter right now). As well, I have some literary fiction to recommend, and two books about 60-something women looking back over their lives. Warning or Teaser: this post includes the boldest paragraphs ever published on this blog. Click through to read. . .
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Last week on Instagram, I posted a sketch inspired by a photo of my mother in Greece, circa 1981. Some asked to see the photo itself, so I’ve posted it here, along with my recollections (disappointingly thin, I reproach myself!) of a trip my Mother took — without my Dad — 40 years ago. Also some musings about Time and Memory and Family — so strange from the perspective of a Late Sexagenarian. . . Perhaps you can relate?
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A few weeks ago, I gave a presentation to my Saturday morning Italian class on my recent trip to Italy. Some readers kindly encouraged me to share the written version here — with an English translation, of course. And a few photos. Click through if you’d like to meet my Inner Italian, Francesca.
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