Travel
October 11, 2009
- Some people blog every day—or at least at regular intervals—but having a blog has been fun for me because I gave myself permission, early on, to write only when a topic taps me on the shoulder, demanding attention. Lately, the intervals have been getting longer and most of the taps come from outside—new developments in cultural politics, things like that. As for the inner taps, it isn't ...
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October 9, 2009
- I'm headed to Venice next week which has me in a rather sensual mood. Venice is a city for the senses -- the paintings of Titian... the waves lapping against stone... fish pulled from the lagoon and served steaming hot... not to mention it is the city of Casanova, too. But Venice is also a city of music. For centuries musicians have written about Venice. The city has launched scores of ...
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October 8, 2009
- Look up "pleasure" in the dictionary, and you are sure to find "eating in Italy." Food is fresh, prepared simply, and truly sensual. Each region cooks a bit differently -- rich, earthy foods in Tuscany including cingale (wild boar) and truffles, incredible sea food in Venice with lighter flavors and hints of both Austrian and Middle Eastern influences. But in Rome -- Rome is ...
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October 8, 2009
- In the July 29 edition of The Daily Sam we discussed the delicate etiquette question of what to do about sharing the armrest when you are stuck in the middle seat on an airplane (answer: become rich enough to fly first class). This post prompted an important question from author Brian Moreland, who asked what one should do with one’s legs “when the space beneath the seat in front of you is ...
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October 7, 2009
- You don’t have to go all the way to Europe to see Michelangelo’s work. In fact, this fall two major museums are celebrating Michelangelo in a big way. A Young Michelangelo in Ft. Worth The Kimbell Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas recently purchased a painting attributed to Michelangelo known as “The Torment of St. Anthony.” As a young man Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio, ...
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October 7, 2009
- In day-to-day living changes are subtle and often go unnoticed. We move about our business and seldom reflect. Each moment is a story unfolding that often goes untold. For each new thing we learn, each story we hear or create, there are thousands more. Like a photograph, we capture but a portion of what is there. The muse of a writer is always there, whether lurking in the shadows or ...
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October 6, 2009
- I have a theory that the state of Montana is enormous for a reason. That its vastness is a test, each highway a reticulated part of a puzzle. You have to work hard to get there. Whether it’s 15 North, winding from the lunar hills of Monida Pass across to wind-scraped Great Falls, Interstate 90 from hip Bozeman to rimrocked Billings, or the hi-line from Cut Bank to Wolf Point, where ...
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October 5, 2009
- I should have titled this "Writing Paradise for Less." If you're thinking about going with me to Auvillar, France, this May (17-24), don't delay in making a deposit. We'll keep the workshop small (under twelve), and several people have made commitments already. The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is offering discounts for writers who enroll before February first, but ...
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October 2, 2009
- In those in-between days when I am not in Italy, I do all kinds of things to maintain my dolce vita lifestyle... drink vino, read about Italia, eat fabulous pasta with homemade sauce... and I garden. My husband and I have worked for years transforming what was once an empty backyard into an urban paradise. And our goal has always been to make it feel as Italian as possible down to our choice ...
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October 2, 2009
- The whole point of travel is to see Red Light districts around the world. That’s what I assume my German publisher C.H. Beck thinks. Or maybe that's what they think I'll like. Anyway, they keep sending me to Hamburg, which has one of the most famous naughty neighborhoods in the world.At the invitation of the extremely professional Harbour Front Literaturfestival and in the company of my Beck ...
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