Postcard from Rome

  I thought I would have posted by now, but the flight was long and delayed and I missed a connection…and the little one’s been sick since I got here, so I’ve been trying to…

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More Portland, Before Rome

 In preparation for my two weeks in Rome, I’ve begun reading a book I picked up at the marvelous Powell’s Books in Portland (in case you’re interested in what else I’ve been reading lately, I’ve…

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Portland! What a (road) Trip!

Our drive in on Sunday seems to have used up the last of the area’s sunshine. . . . it was a beautiful welcome! I imported these photos into Blogger last night (so pleased my…

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Playing Hooky as Christmas Approaches . . .

Another passage from Karl Olve Knausgaard’s A Man in Love (the 2nd volume of his My Struggle series) illustrates some of that gradual fading we observe of the intensity of a time away from home, the remembered…

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Planning Visits to Art Exhibitions in Paris, e.g. Vigée Le Brun at Grand Palais

Lovely as serendipity can be (I’ve also written about Serendipity in travel-planning here), we don’t rely completely on its charms when we travel. Generally, I scope out can’t-miss exhibitions or concerts before we fly; sometimes,…

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