Monthly Archives: June 2018

Things I learn in Amsterdam – Part 2

  Amsterdam – Day 2 I’m spending the afternoon with Terry, an interesting friend I met 12 years ago—first time Amsterdam. He’s an expat, like me — managing a coffee house now. He was a cook years ago, a stressful … Continue reading

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Things I learn in Amsterdam – Part 1

I’m at Hotel Torenzicht again. I come back every year. This is my 7th visit. The amazing Anna’s tending bar. She’s telling me about pet snails she keeps in an aquarium. I never knew there were so many kinds—all kinds … Continue reading

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Weather or Not

Three months of endless snow, now endless heat in Sweden. RR tracks are buckling from expansion.

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