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Back to Wonderful Vermont

Posted on August 23, 2017 by marigold

To paraphrase Garrison Keillor, it’s been a not- so- quiet few weeks in Manchester, VT where I rented a house. The place is incredibly comfortable but has the look of “designed by the cat, built by Grandma”—eight chairs where four … Continue reading →

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Hallo Berlin

Posted on October 28, 2014 by marigold

The only locally-produced items I found in Berlin were wurst (more later) and marzipan. That said, the city has wonderful museums, a lively art scene, great music in numerous venues and KaDaWe, (‘Ka-da-vay’); Europe’s biggest department store with a food … Continue reading →

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Cuzco in New York

Posted on January 14, 2014 by marigold

The Queen Sophia Spanish Institute, practically around the corner from where I live, is one of those little known but fabulous New York City institutions. The Institute offers all manner of programs to promote Spanish culture with special emphasis on … Continue reading →

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Mermaids Like to Have Fun

Posted on September 27, 2011 by marigold

 Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid Among other attributes, Copenhagen is famous for the Royal Danish Ballet, smorrebrod (open-faced sandwiches) and the Little Mermaid statue in the harbor that didn’t attract much notice until the 1952 Danny Kaye movie, Hans Christian Anderson. The … Continue reading →

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Honest Abe in the Berkshires

Posted on July 12, 2011 by marigold

About four million people visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, each year but only a fraction of those drop in at Chesterwood, the summer home of the statue’s sculptor, Daniel Chester French, (1850-1931). Chesterwood, near Stockbridge, MA, was French’s … Continue reading →

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