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Running Update, Featuring Rome’s Borghese Gardens

Running Update, Featuring Rome’s Borghese Gardens

If you’ve been reading here for any time at all, you probably know that I run regularly, but in the light of my recent post contemplating whether I could benefit from doing 20% less, I…

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A Guest Blogger Reads Ferrante . . .

A Guest Blogger Reads Ferrante . . .

An article on the Sassi di Matera (the stone homes/cave dwellings in Puglia, Italy) in this weekend’s Globe and Mail Travel section reminded me that I’d just learned about these remarkable buildings and the culture…

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Italian Roots

Italian Roots

Uh-oh! I can see I’m in danger of falling into my old ways, given that it’s been over two weeks since I last posted here. I think I can allow myself some leeway as I’ve…

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More Bikes, More Colours, More Rome

More Bikes, More Colours, More Rome

You’re all so kind in your comments, encouraging me to post even more bike photos. It’s fun to choose a theme like that, actually; it invites me to observe a bit more attentively than I…

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End-of-year Catch-up

End-of-year Catch-up

I began writing this post over two weeks ago, and then Christmas preparations and festivities took over. Let me try again to sneak one last post into 2015… Short shrift though this post might be,…

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Copyright

Unless otherwise stated, all words and photographs in this blog are my own. If you wish to use any of them, please give me credit for my work. And it should go without saying, but apparently needs to be said: Do not publish entire posts as your own. I will take the necessary action to stop such theft. Thanks.