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ANYHOO…our first night in Venice turned out to be fairly abbreviated. After all the walking and being lost…then being found and being fed…it was time to find our way back to the apartment. If we could. Clearly, we weren’t the … Continue reading
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After having finally found our apartment and, thus, narrowly escaping a fate of wandering forever lost in the Labyrinth of Venice like rats, eking out an existence on the steps of churches and warming scraps of food on my hair … Continue reading
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Calatrava Bridge Stepping into Venice was like stepping into the frame of a beautiful picture. How long had I dreamed of coming here? How impossible and exotic it had seemed, far beyond the mundane sphere of my everyday life. Now … Continue reading
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After a good night’s rest following our march around Rome proper, we were ready to catch the train up to Venice and — that’s right, baby — Carnevale! But not before, ya know, fueling up again at our new favorite … Continue reading
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So a writer, an artist, and three Catholic priests get into an airport shuttle…sounds like the beginning of a groan-worthy joke, doesn’t it? The only thing groan-worthy about it was how long it took to drive from Fiumicino Airport into … Continue reading
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It’s all Neil Gaiman’s fault really. It was this thing he said on his blog a few years ago. He wrote: “I suspect that Venice is full of ghosts. Not of Venetians, but of all the visitors who came, and … Continue reading
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I know, I know. I’ve been absent. But it’s not because I haven’t been thinking about you guys. Honestly, I think about you guys all the time. I’ve got a folder this thick (indicating a very thick folder) full of … Continue reading
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Hi, guys! Hope you all are doing great! Been working like a mad dog behind the scenes over here…a mad dog, I tell you! Which means I hope to have more announcements coming soon. But today I am writing to … Continue reading
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Some people in my life have expressed concern as to why it takes so long for me to get writerly things done…and why haven’t I painted the back porch yet? I’ve got two words for you, Fat Cat — er, … Continue reading
