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Author Archives: richardandlisa
Of Music and the Muse
Chiesa de Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy Maybe it is because Florence is so art and academia-filled, that one cannot help but seek one’s own ‘voice’. While walking around the other day, I lamented to Richard that once I felt I wrote … Continue reading
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The Angel of Peace, a Christmas Story written by Lisa
She lay in bed awake. The wintery sun had not yet risen; outside she could hear the crackle of the frozen world around. Her senses heightened, she was very aware. The room was dark, with only the blue, green … Continue reading
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What is it about Agria?
We were more than half way through our sabbatical journey when we finally arrive at the perfect place – the perfect place for me: Agria, Greece. What was it about this little nothing spot in nowhere Greece that made me … Continue reading
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Eastern Europe Passage – Group Tour 2013
Richard and I had the distinct pleasure of traveling with our group again this year. We cruised the Danube through Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, then spent a few days on the Adriatic in Dubrovnik. I’ve written a whole … Continue reading
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Somebody’s Grandma
From Kalocsa, Hungary. Group Tour, May 2013 A Hungarian old woman walked by. We saw her approach outside of the Paprika Museum. Some in our group take notice of her; a few photographs were taken, but not some much as … Continue reading
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Eastern Europe – Sanctuary Moments: Writing in Churches
Dubrovnik, Croatia June 2013 St. Blaise Church There will be no ‘alone’ in this church as many tourists mill about. They are adorned with neon stickers that identify their tour tribe. Cameras, iPads and phones are the tethers to … Continue reading
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Cartwheels from Group Tours
OK, to do cartwheel at Quram, in a dress might be questionable. Probably shouldn’t be doing cartwheels in Red … Continue reading
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Cartwheels from the Eastern Europe trip
While in Bucharest we heard stories of how Ceausescu was an evil, idiotic, cruel dictator. He would give his speeches promoting hatred from the Parliament Terrace. (Which, by-the-way is also where Michael Jackson once stood and famously said “I love … Continue reading
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Still Life Through a Window in Bucharest
The grey – left from the sodden drizzle, left from the ebb of withdrawn life, left from a repressed and oppressed people – the grey now frames the empty window. The last time I looked there was an old man … Continue reading
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Historical Insight from Budapest to Bucharest
An overview that would make my history professors cringe And God said (sort of), “If this is what they begun to do, then we need to go down and confuse them…” First there were dinosaurs which at some point evolved … Continue reading
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