One Last Edinburgh Postcard. . .

 By now, you may have observed that I like to walk when I’m visiting a new city, and Edinburgh suits a walker very well — even the directions for where to walk are charming, as…

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Postcards from Lyon — Delayed in Transit. . .

 I don’t know how you’re faring this morning, but I need some respite from ugly news. So I’m heading back to the Basilica up the hill in Lyon’s Fourvière district. When I visited this late…

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Zagreb: Photos and Journal Illustration

This will be a long-ish post, but mostly pictorial, and I thought I’d begin by offering you the agenda: 1. I’ll transcribe my journal entry for yesterday; 2. I’ll make a claim about Zagreb (it’s…

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Sunny Skies in Portland . . .

 Wow! So many interesting responses to Monday’s post, proving yet again the significance of quotidian domestic details. If you haven’t yet pondered the place of electric kettles in your life or in the lives represented…

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Five Things Friday, Palm Springs to Vancouver. . . .

1.  Let me lead with the lizard, if you don’t mind. Worth clicking on that photo to enlarge — the colours are mesmerising, and I’m thinking they could be the inspiration for a future Fair…

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