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London Flashback
On Fridays this year I am reposting things from the same date a few years previously. I don’t remember this one from June 21, 2017, though I remember the trip. I was in London again last month and have a few things yet to share about what I saw there. I had a piece of […]
The Stiftsruine
It has been 38 years since I last visited Lesser St. Mary’s Church in Lippstadt, Germany. That is despite have been in the city at least a half- dozen times since. It was so long ago that the only photos I had were taken with a film camera. I made a point of visiting it […]
More from the Cast Courts
We’ll let the pictures speak for themselves today. Nothing is “real” – all are reproductions. But well done reproductions. Good enough to be in the Victoria and Albert Museum. I’ve got a few more – but there are stories that go with those. I’ll be sharing some of them in the weeks to come.
Such Beautiful Fakes
Actually, they aren’t fakes – there is no intent to deceive. These are exact reproductions of famous (and some not so famous) works of art that you can find in the Cast Courts at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. At some point, almost two centuries ago, someone thought it might be a good idea for […]
A Place of Tranquility
I lived on the same street as St. Cyriak church for four years, and would occasionally wander inside to touch base with history. There is something soothing about a building that has been used for Christian worship for more than a thousand years. It’s an oasis of peace on a spring day, the coolness of […]
Flashing Back to Staufen
Today as our Flashback Friday series continues, we go back to June 7, 2015. Rereading this post I realize how much I have learned since then about Staufen and the area. In 2015 it never occurred to me that within a couple of years I would be living in a village an hour’s walk from […]
The Longest Day Revisited
I was planning on a reflective piece today, to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the Normandy landings in the Second World War. I was going to reflect on my childhood, watch the veterans of the Great War age. Now, the youngest those who fought in that second global conflict are almost a century old. Soon […]
Flashback Flowers
On Friday’s this year we are revisiting the past, with today’s offering coming from May 31, 2017. I have spent most of May overseas, and am glad to be home at last. Traveling meant that I missed the annual Tulip Festival in Ottawa, which is one of the highlights of the year. It has been […]
Flashback to Athens
On Friday we look at posts from past years. Today we return to the post from May 24, 2019. A photo essay for you today. Just when you were expecting me to show you more ruined temples on top of Athens’ most famous hill, I turn the camera in the other direction. All I have […]
Travel Surprise
Memories fade, but this is ridiculous. I’ve been bitten yet again by a mobile German holiday. In 2018 there were a few mornings when I headed to the grocery store, only to find it closed for a holiday I wasn’t aware of. In Canada stores post holiday hours a week or so beforehand. In Germany […]
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