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Friday, January 31, 2014

The Decline and Fall of Rome in One Day

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On my Kindle is the deathly boring, but widely renowned history published in the same year as the Declaration of Independence by Edward Gibb...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Papal Audience and the Vatican Museum

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Wednesday Night: Rain. Low around 50F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Rainfall near a quarter of an inch. Thursday: Occas...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Prepare ye the Way: A Trip to the Vatican

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"President Obama is going to visit the pope! He’s been to the Vatican before, but not with this pope, who is perhaps the only person in...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

More Reading = Less Writing

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I am currently in the middle of Rana Mitter's Forgotten Ally: China's World War II,  reviewed well in the Wall Street Journal . It w...
Friday, January 10, 2014

My No Criminal Record Saga

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in honor of the modernists "All I ever did was shoot a deputy down..." BAD MAN'S BLUNDER LYRICS - KINGSTON TRIO What f...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Grieving and Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Reflection

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There is, perhaps, nobody less deserving of the excellent people with whom I have been allowed to surround myself in this life, but this sen...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

A Second Visit to the Botanical Gardens after the China Tea Expo

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On Monday, Deborah and I went to the China Tea Expo at the Beijing Agricultural Expo Center, not far from our home. Having not had breakfas...