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Ah, BOO-dah-pesht….

Posted on March 5, 2016 by arleebug54

Yes, it’s true. I’ve gone and flown across the pond yet again, wreaking havoc on my otherwise pristine carbon footprint. But since job timing and clever budgeting have managed to conspire in my favor for once, I’ve prevailed upon J … Continue reading →

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A great day in SoCal

Posted on February 16, 2016 by arleebug54

As you may know, I spent many of my formative years in the southern regions of the Left Coast and have not been back much in the last 30 years or so as I acclimatized myself to cooler (weather-wise) and … Continue reading →

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The LA Pen Show 2016

Posted on February 14, 2016 by arleebug54

Dear Blog Friends, This actually isn’t a blog post. What it is is a report of the LA Pen Show for my friends on the Pentrace. Since I can’t figure out how to post photos on Pentrace, I’m writing my … Continue reading →

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Throwback Thursday: Caribbean Idyll

Posted on January 21, 2016 by arleebug54

[From time to time I might excavate and post something I wrote eons ago. This one comes from the glory days of the late 1980s when I lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I found it last week and since it comes … Continue reading →

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Feelin’ the Bern: an ode to K.

Posted on January 18, 2016 by arleebug54

  It’s no exaggeration to say that some of the candidates on the elephant side of the aisle have me fearing for the fate of the free world. Doubtless I will support whomever becomes the donkey nominee and there are … Continue reading →

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RAS: A beating in Memel (2: Election night)

Posted on January 8, 2016 by arleebug54

Note: Key background information about this story can be found in the post immediately below this one. This entry documents the beating received by my uncle, Robert Sellmer, at the hands of Nazi sympathizers in Klaipeda, Lithuania on the night … Continue reading →

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RAS: A Beating in Memel (1: A City of Tears)

Posted on January 1, 2016 by arleebug54

On the 55th north latitude in Klaipeda, Lithuania, the sun shines for about seven hours a day in early December. Even at noon on a brisk sunny Monday, the slanting rays suggest that one should do one’s business with alacrity … Continue reading →

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The Search for Uncle Bob

Posted on December 31, 2015 by arleebug54

“Spoiler alert” – since I won’t be traveling for a while (and since the muse goes a little dark when I don’t), the next few blog entries will probably be chapters in progress for the book/memoir I’ve been chewing on … Continue reading →

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“I’ll be home for Christmas…if only in my dreams…”

Posted on December 24, 2015 by arleebug54

One of the reasons I love traveling in Europe during the first two weeks of December is that the holiday decorations have recently gone up, the Christmas markets have just opened, and people tend to have a generally positive air … Continue reading →

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Like a phoenix, Das Berliner Schloss rises again…

Posted on December 13, 2015 by arleebug54

I told my dear friend Rachel that I wouldn’t be blogging much from Berlin, that I had been here twice before, that I would be too busy stuffing my face with strudel, walking endlessly though Berlin’s charming neighborhoods, and (of … Continue reading →

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