Do you miss the surprises of traveling, matching wits against a novel situation? I do. In 2005, we learned a lot on our trip to the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mérida, I was researching articles for a translation. I’ll save that story for another Thursday. When my work was complete, we bought bus tickets for the […]
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Is it possible to plan a garden where flowers bloom steadily each week for six months? Truthfully, I wouldn’t have thought so, until we moved to Madison. That is what the previous gardener of the place where we live achieved. Her knowledge of Wisconsin perennials amazes me each year as I see the progression of […]
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Armchair travel’s in vogue like never before, you may have heard. Where besides Fluke Pachinko (aka Fake Flamenco) can you find international travel tales and photos? Ten captivating women’s travel blogs I follow are: 1. Now, Here and Somewhere Italian traveler Flavia Vinci takes us around the world and back again through her photos. Wonderful […]
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April rains + May sunshowers = June flowers Gracias for reading Fake Flamenco! ¡Olé! –Rebecca For more photos from around the world, see Six Word Saturday.
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How can we beautify Madison? The Madison Arts Council has colorful designs by local artists on three dozen utility boxes around downtown and east side of the city. Since my pace has slowed down in the last week due to my leg injury, my partner drove me around for a from-the-car-photo-shoot of our curbside art […]
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Shining, Sparkling Snow Bright day, 0ºC my feet dream of skates, snowshoes, skis. Winter calls out love me, you– today in my glory and I’ll dazzle your eyes and soul. Dark eyelashes shield me from sun mirrored snow twice the light of a summer day. Enamored, clothed in layers, I don the boots with metal […]
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