2024 New England: Monday Oct 14
October 26, 2024
We packed up early from the hotel, headed over to Story and Soil coffee for breakfast, and then headed north to Montpelier Vermont. From Hartford,
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2024 New England: Sunday Oct 13
October 26, 2024
In the morning, after some sunrise pics… we headed a little south to Warwick so we could eat at this old-school diner, Johnny’s Chalet, known
2024 New England: Saturday Oct 12
October 26, 2024
First thing in the morning we went back to the Providence river to see the sunrise and get pictures. Then we headed over to Dave’s
2024 New England: Friday Oct 11
October 26, 2024
I have been on a mission to see all 50 states. We decided to knock out the six states comprising New England this fall, hoping
September 2024 Reading
September 30, 2024
L’inferno- Dante (1321) Finished the inferno, this month Cantos 33-34. Canto 33 Ninth circle- Antenora: Traitors to country So the guy we left gnawing on someone’s brain at
Inferno: Cantos 29-34
September 3, 2024
Canto XXIX Eighth circle, tenth ditch- counterfeiters/falsifiers Still considering the inhabitants of the ninth ditch, where the sowers of discord were condemned, Dante says his eyes were
August 2024 Reading
August 30, 2024
L’inferno- Dante (1321) Continuing through the inferno, this month Cantos 23-32. Canto 23 Eighth circle- fifth ditch: Fraudulent/bribe takers Virgil and Dante escape the demon bunch that was
Inferno: Cantos 22-28
August 17, 2024
Canto XXII Still in the eighth circle, fifth ditch, which contains the bribe-takers, the pair set off accompanied by the ten demons. Dante says he has
Jane Eyre – 2-24 Marjolein Bastin edition
August 12, 2024
I’ve finished up this version of Jane Eyre. Well, it’s not really a different book version, the text is all the same, but it’s a
Jane Eyre Supplementary Materials
August 12, 2024
This is the last of the supplementary materials provided in the Marjolein Bastin illustrated version of Jane Eyre that I’m finishing today. It was sealed
“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.