Category: travel
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In restrospect, I wish I’d brought my binoculars to Sweden, because we stumbled upon so many birds I’d never seen before and some I’d never heard of. The hooded crow stopped me dead in my tracks. I mean, you know it’s some kinda corvid, just from its shape. But the two-tone coloring, light gray and…
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A new thing in an old church: The Stockholm Cathedral —Storkyrkan — was built sometime before 1279, 746 years ago. Aside from being amazed at the age of the structure and its grace of design, I loved a relatively recent addition, the Candle Globe, a metal globe with small candle holders around and through it.…
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To all my piano-playing family and friends: Wouldn’t it be fun to tickle these ivories? This piano was created for the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930 as part of “an exclusive show apartment.” That exhibition promoted a design ethic that became known as functionalism. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Exhibition_(1930) ) We saw it at the National Museum: The explainer included…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 