Month: December 2010

Hello again painting fans. I’ll be continuing with the painting of the turreted Cape May Victorian house.  I’m using my usual acrylic paints on an 8×8 inch gallery-style (thick) canvas. When last seen, the...

Two developments have started to fragment the Internet of late.  One looks quite a bit more benign, but both threaten the openness that has been a hallmark of the connected world. Cross posted from Pruning Shears. No...

As a traveler who simply loves to discover every corner of the most famous cities all around the world, I am often seduced by the idea of taking part in a train adventure all over Europe so that I can discover how Europe...

On and off today I watched the Senate debate on the New START Treaty, and I have to admit that I found the whole spectacle deeply depressing. I wasn’t encouraged through monitoring Twitter, my email lists, and the...

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