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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Twenty Guns: A Sign of Mental Illness?

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  A fire-proof gun safe for pistols, long guns and ammo Available on Amazon... A very smart friend just posted that the father of the 20-yea...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Mundolingua: A Word Museum Paris

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Near Luxembourg Gardens in the 6th Arrondissement of Paris is Mundolingua  a museum of words: " Stacks of books and dictionaries share ...
Friday, July 12, 2024

So Many Mennonites on Bicycles!

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  Last Saturday, I was riding between Leola and New Holland in Lancaster County. On that five miles of PA Route 23 I saw more groups of Menn...
Friday, July 5, 2024

Moving to Panama--For a Year

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  The Panama Canal For the third time in my life, I will live in another country beginning on August 15.  My wife got a Fulbright grant to s...
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Sunday, June 30, 2024

In Terror of Ducatis on Sestriere: My First Climb in the Italian Alps

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In 2000, I made the first several climbs up to the Sestriere ski resort .  It was a beautiful September day as I toiled the seven-mile clim...
Friday, June 28, 2024

A Russian Journalist Defies Putin on War in Ukraine

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Zhanna Agalakova   Жа́нна Леони́довна Агала́кова Journalist working at Russian Channel One until the War in Ukraine Zhanna Agalakova has an ...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

Fascists Fail in France! One Bookstore at Least

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  A very funny pair of neighboring bookstores is no more.  The fascist bookstore La Librairie Nouvelle  went out of business in its posh loc...