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Turin in Ten Writers

Fiction October 29, 2019

One of the things I like about Turin is that it's just so gosh-darned literary. In 1933 it is the birthplace of the (now...

A Twenty Days of Turin Tour

Fiction October 20, 2019

Today it was rainy and misty in Turin, with a creeping sense of gloom. In short, it was perfect weather to view some of...

Trying the Very Trying Trail Vallee de Joux

Running October 14, 2019

This Saturday I was in Le Sentier to pick up my bib for my first ultramarathon, the Trail Vallee de Joux (85km). As John...

Wandering in the Garden of Time

Europe February 24, 2021

Yesterday, early in the morning, we headed to Porta Susa station to catch a train to Switzerland. As we headed for the border, the landscape...

Sekhmet in Piedmont

Italy October 5, 2019

Ancient Egypt is hard. There are too many dynasties. The Book of the Dead has a promising title but there is no clear plot....

Cat on a Cold Tin Roof by Talia Marshall

Essay September 29, 2019

One night, after our kids are in bed I make Kerry, my oldest friend, watch Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid with me. I...

Jolly Shoes and Tiramisu

Italy September 25, 2019

The other day I had to make a trip to Jolly Sports Shop. I have a scary race coming up and needed new running...

The Trials of Trail 27

Italy September 18, 2019

Sunday is my ‘long-run day’, and when in Turin, it’s the day I go up and over the one big hill close to the...

Turin’s Big Brains and Deviant Apples

Italy September 9, 2019

The other day I had an hour to kill in Turin’s Crocetta district, so I went to three museums in the same building—the “Luigi...

Lost Cats and State Secrets in Vermont

Americas February 24, 2021

“But…we’re in the middle of nowhere!” It was not the first time John had said those words nor would it be the last. The bus...

Giants of Syracuse

Americas August 24, 2019

Last year John and I spent a few weeks near Siracusa, the birthplace of Archimedes and site of a massive stone amphitheater where the...

Buffalo and Bus Rage

Americas August 23, 2019

The other day, we spent a night in downtown Buffalo. Perched on the eastern edge of Lake Erie, Buffalo is the second largest city...

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