Monday, July 14, 2014

Thoughts on freelancing.

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After two weeks in Italy, only working now and again, I am heading back to the various offices I am working in. While away I was busy. Bus...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Uncle Slappy on Art.

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I called Uncle Slappy and Aunt Sylvie last night as I do every couple of days come hell or hot water. When your surrogate parents are push...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Lake Como.

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Yesterday we had the longest drive of our trip, from Rimini on the Adriatic, to the most beautiful spot I've ever seen, Montrasio in Lak...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Rimini.

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We've spent the last two nights in Rimini, Italy, a booming resort city of 140,000 on the Adriatic coast. When I was a kid, I had imag...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Two nights at the Opera.

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For the last two nights we have been have been in Verona, Italy, not New Jersey, a medium-sized city about an hour from Venice that is rich,...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Thoughts on mushrooms and mortality.

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I have been surrounded by the best food in the world and have indulged heartily in all varieties of things funghible. That is, I've been...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Mantova. Once again for Andrew.

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We woke early this morning before any of Italy was awake, unless there were farmers somewhere sowing their spaghetti crop. I fired up the Al...

Notes from Italia. For Andrew.

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We arrived in Italy, in Milan, on Sunday morning at eight o'clock or so. Of course we were disoriented, having slept only fitfully on ou...
Friday, June 27, 2014

Last night in darkness.

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Last night was one of those nights in New York. Sultry, muggy and deliciously wonderful. My wife and I got tickets to see the New York Sha...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Resolute in the Tempus Fugit.

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The weather last night sat on New York like a sweaty sock after three-hours of schoolyard basketball. It clung to everything with a moist st...