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October 2023
Fever Dream
The Best… …Podcast Series I Listened To This Week UConn’s Dream Season: An Oral History — Produced & hosted by Matthew Edwards My high school friend and…
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Candles in the Wind
The Best… …Movie I Watched This Week The Misfits (1961) — Directed by John Huston Streaming on Amazon Prime Video with subscription; available for rent…
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The Big Sweep
I get excited when street sweeping day arrives in my neighborhood. As I get older, fewer things bring out a childlike giddiness in me, but the…
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September 2023
Wonderful Copenhagen (and Bergen)
When I last wrote, I was on a train, beginning my scenic odyssey from Oslo to Bergen. Within a few hours of that post, I had transferred to a boat…
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Heading West
Today is another travel day as I leave Oslo, heading west to Bergen, Norway’s second-largest city. Rather than taking a direct train across the country…
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Skål!
Greetings from a high-speed train somewhere between Stockholm and Oslo. Yes, after a year of largely staying put in the Elm City, I have ventured to…
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Yes and...
One of my objectives for the past year has been to say “yes” to things when opportunities have come my way. By being open to new experiences, I figured…
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August 2023
Counting Blessings
90,000+ volleyball fans, crossword puzzle obsessives, and the Dream Team walk into a bar...
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Windsor Comes to the Elm City
The Hold Steady, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and 25 years of TV stars walk into a bar...
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Friends & Neighbors
Pee-wee Herman, Siskel & Ebert, and a Harlem shuffler walk into a bar...
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U-Haul Season
A negotiator, a fool, and an island owner walk into a bar...
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