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  • Padua

    Padua was the first city on my solo stay and it was even better than I expected. I’m glad I stayed for two nights – was getting burned out on planning and needed down time. Here’s what I did: 4. The central part of Padua turned out to have not only cobblestoned streets, but also……

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  • The sentence

    Just finished The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Despite some reviews it’s not “a love letter to readers and booksellers” (or anyone else) nor “a wickedly funny ghost story” or any other kind of funny. It’s An Important Book, the kind high school teachers tend to assign when they want their students to Consider And Discuss……

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  • Новогодние привидения

    I always have trouble finding this post by Anna Kozlova, so I’m putting it here. It’s one of those “more true than reality” things and always makes me cry. Of course, it’s not just NY cooking – the ghosts are always with us, and we do so many other things because of them. “Не в……

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