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That Is Such Sad News

That Is Such Sad News

August 22nd, 2015 | Friends, Genealogy, General, Health, Matters of the Spirit, Memory, Time Passes, Travel, United States

A Facebook friend inquires, “Is death always sad?” The comment followed former president Jimmy Carter’s announcement that he has terminal cancer. A number of people from NPR’s Diane Rehm to ordinary friends have found the news “sad.” My FBF continued: “Although I...
In Flanders’ Cities 7: Zaventem is where they park the planes

In Flanders’ Cities 7: Zaventem is where they park the planes

June 2nd, 2015 | Europe, General, Popular Culture, Shopping, transportation, Travel

Brussels Airport (BRU), technically in Zaventem, [http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/] is busy enough. Brussels, the capital of the European Union, is a convenient crossroads from pretty much any point to any other point in any of the six inhabited Continents and enjoys...
Šeima Means Family 8: The Constitution of the Republic of Užupis

Šeima Means Family 8: The Constitution of the Republic of Užupis

May 29th, 2015 | Europe, Genealogy, General, Politics, Popular Culture, Society at Large, Travel

Everyone has the right to live by the River Vilnelė, and the River Vilnelė has the right to flow by everyone. Everyone has the right to hot water, heating in winter and a tiled roof. Everyone has the right to die, but this is not an obligation. Everyone has the right...
Šeima Means Family 7: The Republic of Užupis

Šeima Means Family 7: The Republic of Užupis

May 29th, 2015 | Europe, General, Holidays, Politics, Shopping, Travel

We could not have imagined what a good choice the apartment at Užupio 26-11 would turn out to be. My Dear One found the listing online. We both loved the old-fashioned blue-upholstered furniture and the sunlight flooding in the window. The apartment claimed a view of...
Šeima Means Family 6: In the Loops

Šeima Means Family 6: In the Loops

May 24th, 2015 | Europe, Gardens and Gardening, Matters of the Spirit, Popular Culture, Travel

You think you know what to expect but you really don’t. I had a vision of the Nemunas Loops Regional Park (Nemuno kilpų regioninis parkas) as a sprawling area, a place needing vigorous hiking skills or better yet a car. The park is 25,171 hectares—a quantity that...
Šeima Means Family 5: In My Dreams

Šeima Means Family 5: In My Dreams

May 17th, 2015 | Europe, Gardens and Gardening, Genealogy, General, Matters of the Spirit, Memory, the world and Mother Nature, Time Passes, Travel

It was possibly the best day of the trip. Or maybe not best. Maybe it is the one most firmly nestled into my visual cortex, the collection of images most likely to reappear when I am asked about Lithuania, what I experienced, what I remember. In television programs...
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