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Ari's Adventure: New Year Aspirations
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Thursday, December 31, 2009. As we enter 2010, I'm not so much making resolutions as setting aspirations for myself. Rather than setting concrete goals, thinking about where I'd like to be headed seems much more achievable. Just as I found it took time to unwind from decades of a fast-paced life when I reached France in August 2008, now back in the States, I am taking time to plan for the next phase of my life. In 10 years, do I want to be back on the beaches of Nice? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ari's Adventure: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009. A friend asked me recently (via Yahoo chat, one of my new ways to spend time catching up with people across the ocean) what I had learned during my time here in France. He asked because he had also taken a year off, a sabbatical he called it, and it had been a time for him to discover what it was that he really wanted to do with his life. What have I learned about myself? So here are some things I have learned about myself, including the spiritual, the personal, and the professio...
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Ari's Adventure: August 2009
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Friday, August 14, 2009. The Answer is Yes. So the answer is yes, I miss Nice. I’m back in the States, and my troisième étage apartment on avenue Auber seems very far away. The butch-blond florist running the shop downstairs, and her constant cigarettes, and the Arab woman and her husband who run the Italian café on my block, who would smile and say Bonjour or Bon Soir to me as I headed in and out of my building, are fading in memory. But oh, I love having my big Maine blueberries again. I missed them.
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Ari's Adventure: June 2009
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Sunday, June 28, 2009. A Perfect Birthday Gift. As she said, it was an uncharacteristic gift for her. But Priscilla knew that I played golf, and had a hankering of sorts to play here in France, and so for my birthday she gave me a gift certificate to play a round of golf at a nearby Cote d’Azur course. That Monday, the 15th, looking over the brochure for the Opio-Valbonne course. Further to your request, we are pleased to confirm the following booking :. On Wednesday 24th June at 3:06 pm for 1 player.
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Ari's Adventure: February 2009
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Monday, February 23, 2009. Most of my friends know me as a vegetarian, or at least as someone who professes vegetarianism. Back in my 20's, I was a militant vegetarian - I ate no meat - but that was a result of the rules of the Pritikin diet. More than anything else, if I remember correctly (turns out my memory is not that great, Pritikin is not a vegetarian diet! My next adventure with viande (meat) was at Belle de Nuit. The gastronomic adventure continues. Links to this post. Links to this post. Mom an...
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Ari's Adventure: Boylston Ten Miler
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Monday, April 16, 2012. LSD That's 70's runners' talk for Long Slow Distance. So, after I arrived in Boylston on Friday night, with incense still in our clothes from the Good Friday service at All Saints Worcester, we sat down at the computer and he showed me the run he had designed for me on mapmyrun.com. But I left him about a mile and a half into the run, and headed towards the rolling hills. But as I crossed the main road and headed up the hill to mile 6, everything was still feeling OK. My brother a...
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Ari's Adventure: January 2009
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Why are they striking? I think I will go down to Place Massena tomorrow morning at 10 am and check out the Niçoise unions as they participate in this truly French tradition. Links to this post. Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Chinese New Year, readers! As President Obama has been living his first 100 days - gosh it's hard to buck history, huh? If you have any ideas of people/companies for me to talk to, send them along! February - Carnaval. Two we...
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Ari's Adventure: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. My Last Week in France. My choir friends, and some other friends I made during my time here. When I left Washington last year, I was stepping away from over 20 years of living in various communities; I have only been in Nice eleven months, but I have created a community here too, which I will be sad to leave. But it's time to move on to the next chapter in my life. Links to this post. Friday, July 17, 2009. My Shopping Cart In France. Skim Milk (Lait Ecreme). Skim milk, plain nonfa...
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Ari's Adventure: January 2010
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Sunday, January 10, 2010. Around the Block from Ground Zero. Too - out of deference to the tragedy, I'm guessing. Yesterday we all heard survivor stories. Today we are hearing the stories of death. It is a very sad day. I'm headed back to Washington this afternoon on Amtrak - home to another wounded city. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Around the Block from Ground Zero. Sasha, Loren and Me. Mom and Dad With Their Chocolate Cake. Nathan's gift to mom and dad was a chocolate layer cake (ex...
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Ari's Adventure: Elections 2010
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Friday, November 5, 2010. No one ever explains. Reagan was all about smaller government, but if I recall, the government actually ballooned during his tenure. And, frankly, the deficit ballooned under W., too – and nobody thought it was a big deal then. Why aren’t we talking about Rupert Murdoch’s influence in this election? Because he’s a very bright man, and bought a media empire, so he could say (or rather, have his people say) whatever he wants under the protection of the First Amendment. Chris, Nath...
