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  • ~ Potpourri: Florence

    ~ Potpourri: Florence

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    Langer, the Europeanist, the practical pacifist, the man who inaugurated Italian environmentalism and inspired European environmentalism.

  • ~ Potpourri: Germany

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    Everybody is talking about…

  • ~ Potpourri: Spain

    ~ Potpourri: Spain

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    It’s one of those non-fiction chronicles in which the topic doesn’t really matter.

  • ~ Potpourri: France

    ~ Potpourri: France

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    « Chaos is no longer the weapon of the rebels but the banner of those in power. »

  • ~ Potpourri: Malta

    ~ Potpourri: Malta

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    He tried to live as if none of it had ever happened, but some stories don’t let you go.

  • A Madman’s Tale

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    « I guess it all began, » he said, « because of that weak-headedness my father sometimes had. It just rubbed me the wrong way. »

  • « The Emperor’s Clothes »

    « The Emperor’s Clothes »

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    Any fool can see that the head of state is naked, that he is a complete phony — except for himself. Such appears to be the premise of The Emperor’s…

  • Texting with … Lilia Topouzova

    Texting with … Lilia Topouzova

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    I wanted to show that history and memory are inseparable—and that unsilencing is itself a method.

  • Babushka Z Cosplay

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    A Ukrainian great-grandmother inadvertently becomes a pro-Russian icon.

  • The plant whisperers

    The plant whisperers

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    If you know what you are looking for, you find edible and healing plants everywhere.

  • Carry The Prophet in your coat pocket

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    When you’re fifteen and you read Kahlil Gibran’s mystical bestseller for the first time.

  • Glory to the rails

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    Millions of Ukrainians left the country during the first weeks of the invasion; four million were evacuated by train, including a million children. Thousands of dogs, cats and other pets,…