I’ve never seen Siena’s dramatic annual horse race, Il Palio, but I’d read about it before we visited last fall. And I very quickly saw traces of the city’s horse culture throughout the winding narrow streets of its historic centre. Walk through it with me? click to read the full post.
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Today’s post is a Two-For-One! As I announced in January, I’m going to experiment this year with including my Reading Blog posts here, trying to decide if, eventually, I might merge the two. But knowing…
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While I generally like to begin the week with a Monday post, this morning demanded some writing on that long-form project I allude to from time to time. And after that was the 9:30 departure…
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This has been a word-heavy week on the blog; Monday’s and Wednesday’s posts each took a fair bit of work. Thank you for your warm and lively response to both. The conversation about breadis great,…
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4:51 AM PDT Wednesday 29 March 2017 Rainfall warning in effect for: Metro Vancouver A long episode of rain, at times heavy, continues. Further rainfall amounts of 15 to 25 mm are expected this morning…
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