Author Archives: Patrice

Venice to Rovinj

Venice is mysterious! Walk along one street, turn a corner and you are in a campo.  go further and you;re in a street so narrow – not an alley but a street – in which you must turn sideways in … Continue reading

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Our apartment in Venice

Aren’t you always curious about someone’s house?  Curious about their choices, their desires?  Because isn’t that what a house is to some extent? A manifestation of the desires of those who occupy it? I’m not sure that this place represents … Continue reading

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Madison – Istanbul – Venice

The fact that we are in Venice is amazing to me.  I’ve always wanted to come to Italy – to any part of it – and now we’re here.  We came on Turkish Air  via Istanbul with a 12 hour … Continue reading

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Almost ready …

So, this morning we woke and admitted that we were getting excited. We’ve agreed to allow the butterflies to make their presence known and we are prepared for that bit of short temper that shows up as we both try … Continue reading

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The End

It’s mid-October and I’m coming to the end of an 8 weeks class. Today we do what we call final evaluations and then have lunch with the students who have trusted us to help them along a path that will … Continue reading

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Wailing ….

A few weeks ago I got some things in the mail from Maggie and Sims of Harmonious Wail celebrating their latest CD, Bohemian Tango (http://wail.com/). Ever since my goodies arrived I’ve been having a whale of a time. Wailing hot … Continue reading

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Less again

We sold the car the other day. Who knew that a 10 year old somewhat dented Volkswagon would be so desired? We put it on craigslist and I had a dozen replies within an hour. I decided to call people … Continue reading

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Crossing half the Country

We left Madison on Tuesday morning – the car so filled with necessities that we couldn’t see out of the back window. We have our bicycles on the back on a Saris rack and we wound up stopping to make … Continue reading

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