May 28 2022
Judith and I took a two-week driving trip around the Pyrenees we drove to San Sebastian on the French side and returned on the Spanish side through Adorra. We travelled through; Carcassonne, France 2 Rue Jean Jaurès, 09500 Mirepoix, France Château de Camon, Camon, France Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges, France Lourdes, France Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, France San Sebastián, Spain (Where […]
Apr 17 2022
In April 2022 I began micro-dosing on Psilocybin mushrooms by taking a gram dose every third day. I varied the dosing and timing going as high as seven grams. In no case did I experience hallucinations. I did have ‘visions’ of a sort. One vision was a solution to a a problem in my dissertation of […]
Feb 1 2022
Over the years I have stayed in many grand hotels around the world. This is a partial list.
Dec 9 2021
I contacted my sisters Anne and Kate about a family reunion. I paid for the airfare, hotel and car for several days in Sedona. The whole thing was rather tense. Kate was living with Anne who wanted her out. I yelled at Kate dinner a dinner because she of her practice of begining a sentence […]
Sep 27 2021
From September 27 to October 20 I took a solo road trip in a small Volkswagen SUV. Starting in NYC I drove through the Poconos to Pittsburg and then south ending up in Savanna before a two day return. 27 Started at Poconos Inn at Jim Thorp then walked the town. Ate tri tips a […]
Jun 4 2020
Barred from France by the Covid epidemic we took a driving vacation of the Hudson Valley, Cape Cod, Newport, T&T’s, and the Berkshires in early June. We rented a house on a lakes in Holmes, Duchess county for two weeks. There we hiked and kayaked on the lake. Then we spend two nights at the […]
Jan 17 2020
On January 17, 2020 Dr. Blevin at the Hospital for Special Surgery replaced my right knee. I stayed at the hospital for two nights and came home. The first two weeks were very painful. At six weeks I was walking around the block. At eight weeks I was walking to the park and returning to […]
Dec 29 2019
The 2019 season was not one of the best. Still there was variety and interest.
Dec 28 2019
After two years of increasingly severe illnesses, David died in hospital in Wuppertal. Susanna, Gantt. and Christorph Muntersman were there. We were in Mane. FORCALQUIER: David Galloway, Forcalquieren sans frontières, David Galloway had chosen our small town as a second residence but was far from considering it as “secondary”. Lover of the arts, of all […]
Aug 26 2019
BY PHILIP LARKIN What are days for?Days are where we live. They come, they wake us Time and time over.They are to be happy in: Where can we live but days? Ah, solving that questionBrings the priest and the doctor In their long coatsRunning over the fields. At my 70th birthday celebration I raised the question with multiple; people what […]
Aug 24 2019
This summer I bought an Amazon Fire connection for the television. I chose for the summer’s binge watching film noir. Here are the films: [dkpdf-button]
Aug 4 2019
August 4, 2019 Judith and I took a two week driving trip to northern Spain and Portugal. We started in at the Gran Hotel Sardinero on the beach. We went on to Oviedo, then the Parador de Santiago in Santiago de Compostela, the Monasterio de Santa Estevo, Braga Portugal and the Pousad Mosteiro de Guimaraes […]
Jul 3 2019
For my 70th birthday I rented Chateau Briottieres near Angers France. I hosted 30 guests for three days. Carolyn, Brian, Sam and Camila David Galloway Tim and Tom Sandy and Keith Josh and Jennie Moe and Becky Suzanne and Rick Vera, Lubo, and Christo Erzsi and Charles Dave and Diane Stephen and Roc Janet and […]
Aug 30 2022
Venice/Paris Trip 2022
On the way back to New York we took the train to Turin and then on to Venice. We went to the biannualle in Venice then flew to Paris for three days.
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