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Scott Ritter’s on fire.
I’ve no way of knowing whether more Americans are Pro Palestinian or Pro Israeli but Scott Ritter’s been spot on for the past two years. About pretty much everything. It’s such a sad state of affairs…
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Mass shooting at Charles University in Prague
Thank god it’s rare in Europe, what is now so normal in the States. 14 souls lost. Gunman was a 24 year old Czech student who shot his father, then 14 people, wounding 25 others at Prague University.
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turning it around, slowly, in the light
A beautiful line from Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf: “The compensation of growing old is that the passions remain as strong as ever, but one has gained – at last! – the power which adds the supreme flavour to existence, – the power of taking hold of experience, of turning it around, slowly, in the light.”…
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Why you should swap Florence for the Langhe
UK’s Independent has a great article on why you should swap Florence and Chianti for Turin and the Langue for culture and wine. That’s precisely why I’m writing a book called the Personal Legends of Piemonte. I’m almost done and feel validated – even prescient. Piemonte is the secret that needs to be told but…
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Decades happening in days – and beauty is still somewhere
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all dogs are love, but there’s something about papillons…
I posted this on a papillon fan page and received 500 likes. People who have papillons for companions are quite passionate about their papillons. Colette and Godot; once upon a time in Paris
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Poolside book chat
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Decisions make the difference
Only sailboats, no motor boats allowed. Allowing the north side of Lake Garda to stay so clear and blue.
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An Archetype is like a seizure
Apparently its allot like falling in love. You have a seizure. Or, when something dramatic is about to happen. You react spontaneously. You’re seized with a certain spell and behave in a certain way. You do something strange to yourself. This is what its like to experience your archetype. Apparently. Carl Jung talks about archetypes…
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Once upon a time there was no war
Gore Vidal: “The five-year period from 1945 to 1950 was an extraordinary interregnum. We were not conducting either a hot war or a cold war and there was a sudden explosion of the arts. Jerome Robbins and George Balanchine were at their best. Tennessee Williams’s A Street Car Named Desire and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman were on…