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Oct.14.2008
I love a good party, so let's have one!
Just Go's First-Ever Blogapalooza
Theme: What a Strange Trip It's Been
When: October 29
Where: Just Go! (http://aknickerson.blogspot.com)
Why: because there are goodie bags!
How: Post a comment in the Blogapalooza thread
http://aknickerson....
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Oct.10.2008
One of today's blogs is about Michelangelo's David and another describes Florence (but not the Firenze of Italy itself).
I found Florence, Italy, one of the most evocative and wonderful cities I have visited. And David is indeed all it is , er, cracked up to be. (Though - frankly - the most...
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Oct.10.2008
I am blogging about Michelangelo's David and his structural issues today on my home blog, Just Go (http://aknickerson.blogspot.com)!
Here's a snippet:
Michelangelo's David 'at risk of falling over'
No need to panic, art fans. David won't fall over anytime soon. At least that's what the experts...
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Oct.09.2008
If you have never been to the Colosseum (or if you've only driven past in a tour bus), then you are missing out on one of the coolest museum spaces in Rome! In recent years curators have begun to use the second floor of the Colosseum as an exhibition space. The shows change periodically and are...
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Oct.09.2008
What did you do on your Summer Vacation?
I am sure it's been awhile since you wrote one of those archetypal essays. But plunk yourself down and do it by October 31, and you could win a fantastic prize: a library of travel magazines!
My Favorite Summer Vacation Contest
sponsored by Wandering...
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Oct.06.2008
Make the most out of the clear, crisp fall weekends with a trip to Boston. Grab a copy of Walking Boston and get to Beantown for a true taste of fall. The trees at the Arnold Arboretum are near peak, the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway is getting ready to celebrate its opening, and the waters of...
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Oct.05.2008
Two days spent under the shadows of clouds in angry hues of purple and mint, those troublesome colors that spell "tornado warning" at dawn when even royal palms bend under the weight of wind and water. I didn't let them spoil my weekend, as I was on a mission to experience, collect, and...
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Oct.05.2008
I'll be out of the cyber-realm for the next week, headed for the Emerald City Writer's Conference.
My trip starts tomorrow with a visit to a very dear friend -- the kind of friend where time and distance don't make a difference. The kind of friend who says, "Pick you up at the airport? No...
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Sep.30.2008
Going to St. L. for two weeks, to visit my daughters and grand-daughter,(whom I've never met.), I will complete the editing?correction of Raven Mocker while there and send it to my publisher. Looking forward to the trip even though I am a small town country boy. LOL!
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Sep.29.2008
The Old Manse
For example, in researching A Journey into the Transcendentalists’ New England, I read Ralph Waldo Emerson’s book, Nature. He wrote it while living at the Old Manse, and the book serves as one of the foundations of Transcendentalism. Here is a key passage from the beginning of...
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