2020, January through May
These early months of 2020 might be a record for least reading done by me. It’s partly the coronavirus excitement, which means I’ve been reading more news, as well as cooking and cleaning a lot more,...
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Eine Auswahl von Schlagzeilen, die ich heute, den 20. Dezember 2021, in den Nachrichten vom Spiegel (unter www.spiegel.de) gelesen habe:Chile hat jetzt einen »woken« PräsidentenCoronahotspot in...
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Teton Valley Sheriff’s Log, 19 January 2022
The Teton Valley News is our local small-town weekly newspaper covering primarily Teton County, Idaho and Alta, Wyoming.For our family the consistently most interesting section is the Sheriff’s Log...
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Rome: SPQR
Mira and I are on vacation and are visiting Rome for a few days, our first time here.I was aware that ancient Rome was called SPQR, Senatus PopulusQue Romanus, “The Senate and People of Rome”. I didn’t...
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Maltese Cats in Sliema with Mira
Mira and I made it to Malta! This is where our trip really began, at the airport which has a nice aquarium:Some views around the town of Sliema where we stayed. It has big built-up tourist areas but...
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Malta Holy Week pageant Ħtija Tiegħu?
In Malta on Palm Sunday I went to a Holy Week pageant called “Ħtija Tiegħu?” which means something like “His guilt?” It was held in Marsa, a few kilometers south of Sliema where we were staying.The...
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Our Rome visit near Vatican City
Erin found us a nice apartment in Rome near Vatican City, with a view out the back to the dome of St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican. That wall contains the Passetto di Borgo which was an escape route...
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Malta devotional niches and shrines
Malta’s long history is very interesting, including what is widely thought to be the shipwreck by the apostle Paul in AD 60 described in the New Testament Acts of the Apostles chapter 28, the last...
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Ancona, Italy and ferry to Split, Croatia
We took a train from Rome to Ancona, Italy, where we had a one-day stop. Ancona is about ¾ of the way up the east coast, on the Adriatic Sea. The next evening we planned to take an overnight ferry to...
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