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People Articles
Typographic Jam Session
"Affamata di Sapere" - "Hungry to Know". That seemed like a meaty phrase around...
Along the Ligurian Sea
Mention a trip to the "Italian Riviera" and one envisions palm trees, beaches, hot sun and relaxation. In fact, Russia...
Jan & Petula in Prague
After a time of their love wrapping halfway around the world, about 7 months ago Jan moved back to the Czech...
Evening Canal Walks on the Navigli
At 10:15 last night, I stepped out the front gate from the public courtyard of my apartment complex and headed north...
Sweet Mary
Mary was sitting there at her desk when I stepped into the little back room adjoining the chapel at Milano's Cimitero...
Late Night Walk Home
A bunch of friends and I met up for a lecture at 9:15 pm at the Design Library. I walked almost a mile along the...
Fairytale Riviera Wedding
Warmest congratulations to Glenda and Massimo! Congratulazioni! The two were wed on Saturday, June 9, 2012 on the...
Talking Over the Fence
Standing in my skinny kitchen, washing the dishes, I heard a couple of women talking. I looked out my kitchen window...
Enrica, My Courtyard Neighbor
I was sitting in my room typing today and heard "snip, snip, snip." I looked out my window into the little private...
Pope Benedict XVI Visits Milano
I saw the Pope today. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Milano yesterday for an evening greeting to the citizens that...
Woman in White
Wandering the street market today, I saw this woman in white from head to toe, including white, fishnet gloves. She...
Shopping at the Street Market
On Saturday, three blocks from my house, is the weekly street market selling fruits, vegetables, meats, fish, cheeses,...
Long Pilgrimage Stroll to the Duomo
After sitting inside all day working, by 6:00 p.m. I had to get out and take a walk from here to my beloved Duomo. I...
Evening Canal Stroll
At 9:00 tonight I set off for a walk up and over and around the Naviglio Grande zone - The Grand Canal. It was a brisk...
A Sunny February Walk-n-Talk
Today was the seventh, monthly Walk-n-Talk here in Burien; 38 people and 3 dogs came to join the stroll! Of the...
Happy 106th Birthday, Gladys
Everyone should have a centenarian in their life. Today, January 4, 2012, Gladys celebrated her 106th birthday. What a...
Walkin’ Peace in 2012
Forty-one people showed up under unusually warm, blue skies for the Walk-n-Talk on New Year's Day! Wow! Rainier was...
Bye Bye Berlusconi
At long last, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is going bye bye. The whole world has been incredulous and...
11:11 on 11/11/11
A singular minute in our lives. We'll have to wait another hundred years to have such a congruence of numbers in time...