Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Before the Flood

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Summer reading in a small town on Lake Como Not a single postcard for sale anywhere in the whole town. Of this fact I became aware on...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Postcard from Lake Como

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We've been in a quiet town on Lake Como for the past week and return to Venice later today. During the time we've been away, her...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Summer Storm: Three Views

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Strike up the band: A couple on the Giudecca try to exert some control over the opening series of lightening flashes Summer storms in V...
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Friday, August 19, 2016

Nobody Home: Venice's Population Drops to a Historic New Low

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Venice drops toward historic low: from the 9 August 2016 edition of La Nuova di Venezia e Mestre In the past week local and national m...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

From Pest to Plate: How Age-old Venetian Knowledge May Save Maine's Fisheries--and Introduce a New Dish to the US

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A recent image of an unused crab crate with the campanili of San Marco and San Giorgio Maggiore in the background Last April, at the h...
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Monday, August 15, 2016

Two Great Ferragosto Films for Today's Holiday

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In Venice Ferragosto is best spent on the water    (photo credit: Jen) Today is the Italian national holiday of Ferragosto, whose name-...
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Thursday, August 11, 2016

Cleaning Mussels Beside the San Nicolò Lighthouse, Porto di Lido, This Afternoon

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photo credit: Jen
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