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LITERARY ITINERARY: Dorset…

… as seen in Britain by the Book… lovely!

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ART ITINERARIES: Ruth Asawa

What are the chances to discover the Archive Room at Cantor Art Center on Ruth Asawa’s centenary? It must be the magic of art… Happy Birthday, Ruth Asawa! ‘Archive Rooms’ at the Cantor is a window into artists’ work

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HIKING: Black Mountain

Hidden Villa… California laurel… Creek Trail… Milk Maids… slugs… Warrior’s Plume… mushrooms… Black Mountain Trail… Manzanitas… Coyote Brush… blues… views… Happy Hiking!

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2026.01.08: LON-SFO…

Rain is coming to town… Good Bye London… NG House… Michelin House… South Kensington… mind the gap… Giraffe… food from around the world… Best British Food… bear gifts… Pret a… décoller… Moving pics… Monsieur Aznavour… Love Actually… The Naked Gun… … Continue reading

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2026.01.07.London: A British Day

British Museum… BA checkin the Great Court… on to the temporary exhibits… surprise detour… Reading Room! Missing pieces… a place-time puzzle… Carnaby Street… Handel Hendrix House… music-time travel… The Barbary… deliciously cosy… a new tradition… last bus ride … London … Continue reading

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2026.01.06.London: Snow!

Back in London… after a long traveling day… cloudy… with a taste of shakshuka! The snow came flying… Paul detour… by the Chelsea Old Town Hall… the happy noodle bar… back in time… Royal College of Music Museum… Albertopolis… Hyde … Continue reading

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2026.01.05.EDI-LON: So Long, Edinburgh!

Early mo’… in Edinburgh… Söderberg to go… smoked salmon sando 🙂 Blue skies… hard to say good bye… cancelled train… again… Green fields… birds… sheep… North Sea… golf course… clouds… iced river… and lake… snow… blizzard… snowbow… York… broken rail… … Continue reading

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ART ITINERARIES: Manet & Morisot…

…Side by Side More Than a Muse: How Morisot Redefined Manet’s Art A wonderful Wednesday art filled dialogue… airy and hopeful… side by side…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: The Dawn Redwood

Dawn Redwood, Shui-Hsa, shuishan Sharing the Planet – UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley Tom Killion Exhibition – UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley

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BIRTHDAY GIFTS: Thymus ‘Fragrantissimus’ & Lewisia ‘Elise’

Thymus fragrantissimus ‘Orange scented’… spicy sweet orange scent… wow! 🙂 Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise’… Fleuroselect Gold Medal… beauty!

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