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December 31, 2024
Didn’t get as much reading done as usual this month, mostly because our house was ripped up doing a remodel, and both my mom and
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Purgatorio: Cantos 1-11
December 6, 2024
There are 33 cantos in the Purgatorio, so I’ll post the recap in three sections of 11 cantos each. Here’s the first 11 chapters. Canto
November 2024 Reading
November 30, 2024
Purgatorio- Dante (1321) Continuing through Purgatorio Canto 5 Ante-purgatory: the late repentant, who died by violence Dante and Virgil continue through the landscape climbing at the base of the mountain.
October 2024 Reading
October 31, 2024
Purgatorio- Dante (1321) Having finished the Inferno, I’m starting into Purgatorio. While Heaven and Hell are attested to in the Bible, there isn’t really anything about
2024 New England: Sunday Oct 20
October 26, 2024
This would be our last day in Boston and I didn’t have really anything on the agenda. Decided we’d wander around the north end, Boston’s
2024 New England: Saturday Oct 19
October 26, 2024
Watched the sunrise again from the hotel bed, then went out to breakfast at The Well, which looked to be a non-profit, Christian-owned coffee shop.
2024 New England: Friday Oct 18
October 26, 2024
Sunrise could be seen from our hotel window, overlooking the city and out over the airport and harbor. Headed out to breakfast at the Boston
2024 New England: Thursday Oct 17
October 26, 2024
We were hoping we’d be able to see the sunrise from our hotel room, but we were both up early, so we decided to head
2024 New England: Wednesday Oct 16
October 26, 2024
After breakfast at The Bean and Bakery coffee shop, we hit the road to drive to Portland, Maine, about 2 and a half hours away.
2024 New England: Tuesday Oct 15
October 26, 2024
The rain had cleared and we finally had a really great view across Lake Champlain, exposing just how great the sunset would have been the
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.”
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.