Today, the stroll is down Memory Lane. From September 2018. Well– part stroll, part drive First, to the summit, elevation 515′ above sea level. You can see the Village water tower from the summit. It’s also a great place to watch meteor showers. A little walk down the North Road through the Piney Woods. I’m
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Mr. Big Food was an invited lecturer at the School of Ideas in Neuroscience–a week long summer school of sorts. Most of the participants were grad students and post-docs. The organizers had arranged for the group to walk to a joint on the river for beer and supper on the evening of the first day.
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When in New Orleans… It was quite good. I would not have expected otherwise at Galatoire’s. Unfortunately, the shrimp in remoulade was over cooked. A disappointment which disappeared as soon as the dozen oysters Rockefeller were placed on the table. If I’m remembering correctly, we had oysters three times. All delicious, though for my money
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Add an extra five or ten minutes to get anywhere if it involves traveling on a two-lane road. I could have passed in the middle lane, but we had to make a stop in about a quarter mile so it didn’t seem worth it. For the most part the fellows driving these rigs–and the really
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Beautiful fall morning here abouts.
A refreshing 61˚ right now so I’ve had the doors open this morning. Walking from the back to the front after feeding Tiger and thought this was a nice pastoral scene. Those bales have been sitting out there and all over the place for over a month. Makes for a pleasing view but I wonder
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This has happened before, though not with twins. Mama is in the Overgrown Pasture and little one(s) are trying to figure out how to cross the fence. These guys aren’t big enough yet to jump it, so they must have scooted under it somewhere along the line. They really are not yet afraid of me
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They started baling over the weekend. We heard them down in the Hidden and Southwest Pastures. They’ve already done the North Pasture and now have moved on to the Pond Pasture. Jack and Dummy don’t seem to mind too much. I haven’t counted the number of bales yet but I’m expecting a record haul.
Took a spin down to the Chain Saw and Art Festival. The Art part was crafters and I felt a little sad for them, sitting under their tents with their tables filled with things they’ve spent weeks or months making. There were not that many people wandering around–of course it was 2:30 and hot as
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Commentary below Powerline’s The Week in Pictures Philosophers get picked on a lot by folk who don’t understand what good philosophy is. Yes. I went there with the triple emphasis because there are a lot of philosophers who don’t do good philosophy. In fact, there are some daffy philosophers. See? This is a recent photo
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At the far end is the train station, to which our hotel, The Scandic Grand Central, is attached. Across from the station’s plaza is the Center City Mall–complete with groceries in the bottom floor and food court on top. Center City encompasses the area south and east of the train station to the harbor, where
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This was Sunday, 06/04 or as denoted across the pond, 04/06 which created some confusion, and along with several other issues, resulted in our not getting to Santa Clause Village. So we went for a walk along the Kemijoki River. If we ever go back again, I’d like it to be in the early fall,
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in Rovaniemi! I am not a dyed in the alpaca wool shopper. But when in Finland… This is the young woman at the Marttiini shop at the mall in Rovaniemi inscribing grandson’s new knife. The mall was at the city center. As we learned, grocery stores occupy the lowest floors at Finnish malls. That market
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June 3, 12:28am …cloudy day. Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland is at the Arctic Circle–Land of the Midnight Sun. Sadly, it was overcast and cloudy almost the entire time we were there. But as you can see, despite the clouds, even after midnight in early June, still 20 days from the Summer Solstice, it was not dark.
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A ‘puukko’ is a Finnish sheath knife. This, the Marttiini Suomi-Finland puukko, is a real beauty and it is on my dining room table. FINNISH LION CAST IN BRONZE The roots of the Suomi-Finland knife go back more than 20 years. When Finland celebrated 80 years of independence in 1997 Marttiini naturally celebrated the event
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More traveling! I am fairly certain I’ve done the DANGER! motif before. But it’s worth repeating, don’t you think? Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.
The reindeer tartar last evening was excellent. picture to come. I am keeping a running handwritten journal with much more detail. This was this morning as we we preparing to take off. Pretty sure the pilots had breakfast in same hotel where we were. They were decked out. I’m glad we went to Rovaniemi first.
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Definitely worth detouring to if you’re in the Lubbock, Texas area. Bit of a travelogue, with pictures from the surrounding areas, here.
On an aéroplane is technically correct—though I’m not now—but it’s not the answer that will get you a check mark. If you *know* the answer because I’ve told you, please keep it to yourself! Thanks! Special note to the folk who follow Bigfoodetc on account of the food. I promise you will not be disappointed
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Looks like I put together a short series of Sunday Travels posts a few year ago. The video shows more of the passage which we’d probably call a pedestrian alley. It’s from 2007, can you believe it? The “tree” I refer to below is the pine tree within the circle emblem. It’s the sign for
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