Book Chat Time Again: what I read in July

It’s that time again. Time for me to share the books I read last month and then for us to chat in the comments below about what you’ve been reading. If we hurry, we still…

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Word-less Wednesday: Turtles, Blossoms, Socks and an OOTD

Haven’t done one of these Word-less Wednesdays in a long while — I searched: here’s one from 2017  and another from 2016, although the latter is less wordy in original intention only. And then Waaaay…

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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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