Every schoolday morning – at about 10:45 – teachers from our local kindergarten put their thirty, or so, wards into little wagons, or attach them to a long rope – and walk them around our piazza…to air them out, I […]
Caffe? Cappuccino? Doppio? Macchiatoni? Americano? etc., etc.
My little town has four caffes…and at least eight other places you can get a coffee. One is better than the others. But I’m not going to tell you which one that is because everyone here would know what I […]
THERE ARE SOME THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND AND DON’T LIKE AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS I DON’T UNDERSTAND AND I LIKE, ANYWAY
Two examples of ununderstandables which I dislike: 1) Bitcoins. I have tried and tried; but cannot understand them…all I come up with is ‘The Madness of Crowds’. 2) AI…and how it benefits mankind and how – at the same time […]
WHY TRAVEL? WE’RE HERE!
When I was child, my parents had some friends in Cleveland, Ohio, who had a nice home overlooking a golf course. My parents were about to go off to Europe on a vacation and the Cleveland woman said; “Why Travel? […]
Leave It A Little Long On The Back
(PHOTO ABOVE: Our ‘Local’ Barbershop. Closed Mondays.) Some people have to go long distances to get a little glimpse of culture (As defined: “…the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.”) Some […]