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Tag Archives: sausage
Briefly in Bosnia
Crossing the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, (the crossing a non-event), is like going from the dazzle of Tiffany’s into a dark dumpster. The countryside gets less lovely. Once in Mostar, the difference between countries is marked by greater … Continue reading
Happy Bloomsday
Today, as James Joyce fans worldwide know, is Bloomsday. (If you don’t know, June 16th is when Joyce’s work, Ulysses, takes place.) I’ve been a Joyce fan since, during sophomore year in college, I read it twice, in two … Continue reading
Sausage
“Laws are like sausages in that you should never see them being made.” This quote has long been attributed to Otto Von Bismarck but was actually said by one John Godfrey Saxe in 1869. (What did we ever do … Continue reading
Olé
Monks clothing is (or was) dyed with it and Cleopatra reportedly bathed in water containing it. It used to be made into teas to relive “melancholy ” and, in ancient Persia, was woven into tapestries. It is saffron, which has … Continue reading
Connecticut Capers
Among the boldface names we did not visit in Cornwall, CT were actors, Oliver Platt and Sam Waterston, or composer Tom Jones. We did spend time with a friend who owns a very old, lovingly restored house with a huge … Continue reading
Don’t Cry for Me (in) Argentina
“Mendoza now is like Napa Valley was thirty years ago, ” I was repeatedly told. Since my last visit to Napa was a good ten years ago, I can’t compare the two but, overall, Argentina’s Mendoza, the main wine-growing area, … Continue reading