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Monday, September 11, 2023

The "White House" of the European Union

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 Almost a decade ago, Nina Wolff wrote a biography of her father, based upon a trove of letters he gave her shortly before he died. Now she ...

Medusa in Caen, France

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  At the Musee Beaux Arts in Caen, France, is a temporary exhibit of art about Medusa.  She is the terrifying Gorgon of Greek myth with snak...
Friday, September 8, 2023

Rode Alpine Climbs Near Grenoble

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In 2014, a 197.5km stage of the Tour de France ended with  the climb from Grenoble to Chamrousse   This weekend, I achieved one of my bicyc...
Sunday, September 3, 2023

Talking About Language, America, the Cold War, and Sherlock Holmes on a train in Austria and Switzerland

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On the train from Vienna to Zurich, I sat at a table with Weiran and Matilda.  Weiran is a professor of computer science at the Univer...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Ig Nobel Moment on a German Train

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Brain activity in dead salmon On the train from Utrecht to Frankfurt, I sat at a table with Max, a German man in his thirties on the way to ...
Monday, August 28, 2023

Escher Museum, The Hague

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While I was in The Hague, capital of The Netherlands, I visited the M.C. Escher museum. His works are illusions within illusions. Here are s...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Anxious people. A Novel. By Fredrik Backman.

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  I just finished Anxious People: A novel by Fredrik Backman.   It is hilarious. Really. Actual Laugh Out Loud Hilarious. Below is the firs...