Category Archives: Holiday

Sounds of the suburbs

Posted on 27 July 2020 by rpg

I’m sitting outside our apartment at Podere Castellaccia, the evening sun still quite high as the maestrale warms the porch. Our apartment is Grecale, the colder, northeast wind. Castellaccia is a fattoria and azienda vinicola; their olive oil is superb … Continue reading →

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Summertime

Posted on 3 July 2018 by rpg

I often, if not always, take my laptop with me on holiday. Ostensibly it’s to write (for pleasure, definitely not work), but always—but always—that never ends up happening and we just use it for looking at all the photos we’ve … Continue reading →

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Budapest

Posted on 24 March 2016 by Erika Cule

Everything the light touches

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Family Day – sans family

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Richard Wintle

And so, another holiday weekend has come and gone. While our cousins to the south have been enjoying Presidents’ Day (a.k.a. “Washington’s Birthday”, and no, I’m not getting into that debate, thank you very much), we here in the Province … Continue reading →

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Rhythms of Life

Posted on 31 July 2011 by Stephen

Some say April is the cruellest month but I found July to be more punishing. You might think that, for university staff like myself, July would bring respite from the tiresome enslavement of exam and project marking that fills all … Continue reading →

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