A Tale of (Eating in) Two Cities — Seattle and Paris. Part I, Seattle. . .

It’s a bit tough, this promising of future posts on vacations, those getaways receding too quickly behind a screen of daily activities. All the more reason, though, for pausing to remember, to gather back the…

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En Français, a Little Light Reading

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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The Week that Was: What I’ve Been Wearing . . .

 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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Five Things Friday

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’m Just in the Garden. . .

 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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