Observations from . . . April 2025
A summary of posts included in the MORE TO COME newsletter during April 2025.
Month: April 2025
Exploring the Dutch waterways
A light overview of some of the places we visited on our NTT trip to Holland and Belgium
Pausing to think is how we sanctify time
No one leaves the Portuguese Synagogue unmoved.
When a butterfly flaps its wings
In Richard Flanagan’s superb memoir “Experience is but a moment. Making sense of that moment is a life.”
The enduring beauty and utility of the windmill
The Mill Network at Kinderdijk is one of The Netherlands’ most famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
True short stories of the past
Nate DiMeo has written short stories that connect us with our past and our present.
Tulipmania
Nothing says Spring in Holland quite like tulips, but there is a history lesson here as well.
The transformational power of place, art, and story
A Holy Week visit to the Cathedral of our Lady in Antwerp.
Life and death . . . and commas
Ursula K. Le Guin’s deceptively simple handbook on writing well.
Challenging a narrative of rupture between past and present
A conversation with the editors of a new book on the writings and work of Gustavo Giovannoni.
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