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My favorite Bible passage, in which Moses sees the Lord's hind parts. Put me in a hotel room with the Gideons and a set of watercolors and there's no telling what might happen.
When we woke up to the rain Saturday, there was a stream of water splashing onto the ground outside our widow. The rain gutter had a :( directly over our room, and it was making Mary unhappy. We looked into changing rooms, but decided to stick.
101 Projects: Healing Hotin
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Go to Hotin Ukraine where my father’s ancestors lived. Leave glass stones
with the word remember written in hebrew russian and ukraian etched on the
bottom...
Thoughts on Ukraine
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For the last month, friends and family who know my background as former
Moscow correspondent have been asking what I think about the war in
Ukraine. I foun...
Risotto aux petits pois et à la menthe
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Longing for a hint of spring as the Paris winter drags on and on, I made a
cheery pot of risotto with peas and fresh mint the other day. The
inspiration fo...
Day 8 - Kendal to Carlisle
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We started the day standing at a bus stop just north of Kendal and two
slightly older women joined us to catch the 555 to Keswick. Then suddenly,
and in a ...