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Writing Exercise: Visiting a Painting in the Art Institute of Chicago

Posted on 2020/12/24 by Steve Capone

“The room is quiet, and it seems quiet even when compared to a library. You hear the soft padding and occasional squeaking of rubber soles on parquet floors, a pencil shading grey-and-black trees on a sketchpad, and the moving air in the HVAC ductwork high overhead.” Continue reading →

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Walking the Dam

Posted on 2017/04/11 by Steve Capone

I walked a lot today. I love the feeling I get from long walks. And one really gets to know one’s backpack on multi-mile jaunts through a crowded city. I get to know it’s weight, its dimensions, and its stressors. … Continue reading →

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The Grand Tour, Revitalized

Posted on 2017/01/17 by Steve Capone

For quite a long time, particularly in Victorian-era England and in the upper echelons of society in the United States, children of well-to-do families set out (or were sent out, more accurately put) upon lengthy grand tours of Continental Europe. … Continue reading →

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The Best Laid Jetlag-Battling Plans…

Posted on 2015/06/27 by Steve Capone

Time zones can be tricky. The plan was to depart New York at 11pm local time, sleep through the night, arrive in Copenhagen at noon local time, and get through the day without sleeping so I could manage to sleep … Continue reading →

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