Hi KT, We finally got out of the US on BA. (23 h of travelling yesterday!) We’re writing frim Vernazza, having taken the wong boat (but that’s all right it was cheaper) We got in a line at the harbor, thinking we were going to RioMaggiore. All these 5’Terre towns look alike’ — beautiful! Today […]
We were all up just after 4 AM yesterday morning, stumbling past one another, as Susan prepared to drive back to Minnesota, while Diane, Peter, Matthew and I hurried to stuff our car to get to generous Dan’s house so he could taxi us to Logan. We flew out on time and arrived in Aruba […]
Michael, Perhaps I was overly pessimistic in predicting catastrophes in our trip to Italy, but look at what has happened so far– 1. Alitalia sends email saying that Sicily’s main airport at Catania has closed for repairs, and that we must fly to Palermo instead. (This adds to our itinerary.a 3 hour bus ride across […]
Michael, You might be interested in a discussion paralleling Weinstein’s. The Economist, Apr 12 2008 Homo Mobilis As language goes, so does thought. ….For about 250 years, the consensus in Western societies has been that grammar, syntax and spelling matter, and that rules have to be observed. That consensus now appears to be at risk. […]
Mike, Is this what Stromboli (our hiking destination next week) looks like when it does its thing? –rakkity
Mike, This is where we’re spending the long weekend, Friday-Monday. Ciao, rakkity
Stolen from this guy’s website.
Stolen from this guy’s website.
I read about Dr. Weinstein in the Globe last night, and then I found a review on the web of his upcoming lecture to send to Adam. Adam wrote back, “A man after my own heart, in that I sense that he would likely ascribe to my conviction that intention and grace — in whatever […]
Hi Katie, Yesterday I returned to civilization from our Escalante side-canyons trip. At our base camp, the wind blew like a banshee all day and every day. But on our hikes down into the canyons we were protected from the winds and it was warmer and more fun. We day-hiked in 2 canyons — Horse […]
Hi Katie, Yesterday I returned to civilization from our Escalante side-canyons trip. At our base camp, the wind blew like a banshee all day and every day. But on our hikes down into the canyons we were protected from the winds and it was warmer and more fun. We day-hiked in 2 canyons — Horse […]