Trip to Seattle and Vancouver, Jan. 19-25 |
Friday, Jan. 19 3:00 a.m. Rose and shone. 4:00 a.m. Left for the Philly airport. Parked the car in the "Economy Parking" lot (i.e., cheap and far from the main entrance). It ...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 14:01:00 GMT |
August vacation, part the last |
There was one more night staying at Lake Umbagog. On Thursday morning we drove into Maine again, and stopped at the little natural areas on the side of the road in Grafton Notch State Park. ...
Posted by on Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:21:00 GMT |
August vacation, part trois |
The next day we drove the 8-mile road up to the summit of Mt. Washington, the highest elevation in New England. The temperature at the base was in the 70s, and at the top it was in the 50s. All I can ...
Posted by on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:43:00 GMT |
August vacation, part zwei |
Well, the journeys continued. We went to Derby Line, Vermont, which is right on the border with, and shares streets with, Stanstead, Quebec. The most interesting feature there is the Hask...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 14:54:00 GMT |
August Vacation, part uno |
Last month we took a week's vacation to New England. The primary stopping point was the state camping site at Lake Umbagog, New Hampshire, wherefrom we took day-trips to points elsewhere. On t...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 13:10:00 GMT |
What is "Mllefifi"? |
That moniker is taken from Maupassant's short story, "Mademoiselle Fifi." Here are a couple of links to English translations: http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/sid.6/bookid.472/http:
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Posted by on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 12:32:00 GMT |
The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo |
Since I've never been to Russia, but have always wanted to, and since one of my favorite poems (by Pushkin) and art songs (by Cui) is "The Statue at Tsarskoye Selo," it was very pleasing the other day...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 17:04:00 GMT |
