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Monthly Archives: October 2026
Where Halloween and Hanukah Intersect
You will probably be surprised to discover an unlikely connection between the popular Pagan holiday celebration of Halloween and the ancient Jewish Festival of Hanukah. The improbable link connecting the two holidays stems from a word often associated with Halloween … Continue reading
Visit Estonia
Visit Tallinn has given a new spin on Estonian cultural heritage, with a tourism video pairing traditional folk dance with hip-hop to bring the country’s identity to a new audience. Born From Culture features Tallinn University’s folk dance ensemble Soveldaja performing … Continue reading
The Starry Night
I have seen Van Gogh’s The Starry Night dozens of times at MOMA in New York City, but never once stopped to question its provenance. Every aspect of the iconic painting has been written about and evaluated for decades. But do we … Continue reading
Kafka’s Metro
Kafka’s Metro is a real clickbait title since Prague’s Metro, or more precisely Metroskop, wasn’t even opened until 1974, which was 50 years after Franz Kafka’s death. But since you’re reading the post the title worked. If you’ve ever been … Continue reading
10 Years, 10 Adventures
For the last ten years, Sandrine and Geoffrey (now accompanied by their son Victor and pet dog) have been documenting their travels and sharing their photos, stories, itineraries, and budgets with the world on their popular travel blog. Now, to … Continue reading
Posted in Cartography, Europe, Maps, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Cartography, Maps, travel blogs
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All and Sundry
The First Photograph: You may be interested in this fascinating deep dive on the world’s oldest surviving photograph, a pewter plate from 1827 that’s nearly invisible to the naked eye. The exposure lasted several days, and even the famous version … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Georges Simenon, Halloween, Haruki Murakami, Maigret, The Lord of the Rings
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It’s Edgar Allan Poe Season
Here in North America we are all diving into the Halloween season with abandon this year in a vain effort to avoid the constant daily reminders of the slow motion demise of Democracy. Even without the the need to distract … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Photography, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Edgar Allan Poe, Louis Daguerre, The Tell-Tale Heart, Walt Whitman
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Randomness of the Now
“I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end. But I do not talk of the beginning or the end. There was never any more inception than there is now, Nor any more … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Carl Jung, Carl Sagan, Cosmos, Halloween, Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman
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