Sicilian storm brewing

October 20, 2014
October in Sicily was hot and humid, shockingly so. Our accommodations were out in the country, beautiful old estates with olive trees and grapevines that had been...
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Great knockers of Sicily

October 19, 2014
Just so there's no misunderstanding as to what I mean. Isn't it amazing? I wonder how old it is. These are works of art, to me, anyway. I wish they came with...
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Every day life in Sicily

October 18, 2014
If a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, does it make noise? That's what comes to mind when I visit a different country and look at every-day life going on...
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Sicily: fever dreams

October 17, 2014
Things I learned while being sick on vacation A tickle in the throat on Day 1 of your Sicilian trip-of-a-lifetime is never a good sign. But when it turned into a...
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It’s a WTF kind of world

October 16, 2014
WTF
It's a WTF kind of world.  You know what I mean. WTF seems to be the only response to some of the things that happen in our world. A journalist gets...
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Matter of fact, it’s all dark

October 15, 2014
There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark. ~ Pink Floyd Name me a Boomer in my cohort who doesn't love Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the...
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Evaluating our friendships

October 14, 2014
friendship
When I read this quote last month it stopped me in my tracks. Evaluating our friendships--and our friends-- is something we don't often do. But why not? If we are the...
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End of summer nostalgia

October 13, 2014
end-of-summer
Wistful, that's how I felt when I looked at this beautiful photograph a friend sent me just before the first day of fall.  The feeling wasn't so much a longing for...
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Visit wine country California in fall

October 12, 2014
fall-vineyard
There's only one reason why to visit wine country in fall, and that's "harvest." Grapes hang full and heavy on the vines in the fall, waiting patiently in their lush...
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Hawking is wrong: Philosophy is not dead.

October 11, 2014
Today, my guest poster is one of the deepest thinkers I know. He's a grad student in biology, heading for law school next and has also published political op eds in...
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