Italian Chef to Contemporary Art in Bordeaux: Following Breadcrumbs, Connecting Dots, Travelling Art-fully . . .

In my Italian class this summer, we’re reading our way through Italian journalist Aldo Cazzullo’s book of interviews with 70 Italiani Che Resteranno — or, 70 Italians (drawn from the last three or four decades)  who will…

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A Horse Named Cash. . . Report from a 70th Birthday Celebration

Still slowed down here and the post I’d planned to come back with is taking longer than I expected to put together. . . So I’m just here to say thanks for all the birthday…

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Press Pause for 70

This past week or two have been busy, but I’ve continued to post. I’ve even, as I mentioned in my Monday Miscellany, begun a long-ish bit that connects some dots from my Italian class all…

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Monday Miscellany

Let’s mix it up today. Starting with this cutie. . . some of you will have seen photos of this turtle checking on my container garden on the terrace, but since then, I’ve knit them…

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My June Reading

Summer Reading: Do you prefer to do your summer reading inside or outside? I like to mix it up, but my two favourite spots right now are: In the morning before it gets too warm,…

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