A boyfriend and I once attended a three-day wedding in Krems, Austria during the summer solstice. It took place at the groom’s father’s castle. One of the events of the weekend was a masquerade ball; we dressed in costumes rented from the Vienna Opera and were treated to a waltz lesson in the ballroom by …
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Is it possible to love a city as if it was the first city you have loved, or that loved you? Start with a definition of love. Love is not the adoration, constantly delivered, that keeps your pupils dilated, or the skin flush. Love is more like the horrible sense of self -awareness that your …
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The USCGC Healy is a Coast Guard icebreaker designed as a science platform. It mostly operates in the Arctic and has reached the North Pole twice (2001 and 2005). It is currently being held over in Dutch Harbor to escort an emergency fuel shipment for Nome. Most crew members have been underway since May. My …
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Imagine yourself in Hawaii. Images of sun, surf and sand will arise and a sigh may escape your lips – even if you have never visited the islands. But these same images can connect with coastal areas of the U.S. mainland, as well as other countries and tropical islands. Is Hawaii any different? If not, …
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This dog was dressed to the nines and ready to go shopping at the weekend market to end all markets, the Chatuchak Market in Bangkok, Thailand. Its owner was an equally interesting character — a local “ladyboy” wearing high heels, a mini skirt and white face makeup. — Heather Knight Heather Knight is a Portland, …
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Towering basalt cliffs, striated and turfed, punished by the wroth sea and roaring hysterics of the wind, stand in monolithic acceptance of the rain pounding from the anvil sky. Beneath the glacial waters of the Little Minch and through the Sea of the Hebrides, the causeway of the giants extends southwest to County Antrim. Birds …
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