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Crema de Limón (Lemon Cream Recipe)
Our first visit to the town of Santander (capitol of Cantabria, Spain) was a quick one. Parking the 4×4 truck in an underground parking garage proved to be the biggest adventure, since we couldn’t bend the vehicle through the ramps. But once we stashed the car, we walked through the great Mercado de la Esperanza,…
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Sensing the Season
I’ve seen pictures that remind me of Christmas back home. Decorated trees and holiday party pictures show up on Facebook. Retail catalogs appear in my seasonally active inbox, where shopping sometimes happens. The home in Newtown, CT, was dressed with garlands and bows. Scenes of snow falling on branches, dogs bounding through snowy yards, and…
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Once in a Lifetime, This is My Beautiful House
If you stop to think about it, moving into someone’s house for an extended amount of time and taking over the care and feeding of their animals, plants, house and garden while said owners are out of the country could be asking for trouble. Fortunately, we don’t give too much advance thought to these things.…
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Backtrack to Harlan County
On our road trip in August, we enjoyed driving through Kentucky. Fans of the TV series, “Justified,” with Timothy Olyphant, will identify with this photo. I think of the 1976 doucmentary, “Harlan County, USA.” Either way, it was a worthwhile stop for lunch and the county museum.
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Survivor
That morning, the train whistle sounded like the strum of a guitar. A soft strum, now and again, without rhythm but tuneful. That was the same day he killed a dead man. He’d limped along the parade route, stopping here and there but never finding the perfect viewing place. Sometimes he stopped among old men…