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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Rainy Day Visitors
Two bucks?! A rainy day brings a small herd of deer to the woods outside my backyard fence. Note the construction in the background – developers are paving a cul-de-sac that will leave these woods otherwise undisturbed. Fortunate, because these woods … Continue reading
Evliya Çelebi and the Leopold Taler
Here’s an entertaining description of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I; who lived from June 9, 1640 to May 5, 1705; given by Evliya Çelebi, an Ottoman traveler who visited Leopold’s court at Vienna in 1665: One may almost doubt whether the Almighty … Continue reading
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Life with John 