Welcome to Minding the Gap. A journey to discover what's around the next curve. A city frozen in time, Venice and Carnevale
February 25, 2015
Carnevale (Kar-ne'-VAHL-lay). No, not the cruise line, but the party line that descends upon the Italian city-state of Venice. That beautiful mirage, floating on the hori...
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Friends in Low Places
January 29, 2015
“If you eliminate smoking and gambling, you will be amazed to find that almost all an Englishman's pleasures can be, and mostly are, shared by his dog.”
—George Bernard...
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je suis Charlie
January 11, 2015
Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like spirits at the dawn of day.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dupont de Nemours,...
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London Calling
December 17, 2014
We had our first visitor here to the capital of the U.K., someone other than family. He came on the recommendation of friends back home. You'll have a good time, he's goo...
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Walking thru Time
December 04, 2014
Verulamium. A strong, exotic name for a village. Roman and ancient. A part of the history that is St. Albans, an ancient town about 40 miles north of London.
Strolling...
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