Philippians 3:12
One of the recent sermons featured Philippians 3:12 “but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me”. Since we
One of the recent sermons featured Philippians 3:12 “but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me”. Since we
I’ve finished up the year having read 71 books. 10 in this month alone. Io non ho paura- Niccolò Ammaniti (2011) One of my favorite Italian stories
Wed Nov 29This would be our last day of sightseeing for Rome. We would leave the next morning, but we were out of the hotel
Tue Nov 28My wife, youngest son and I went to breakfast at Giolitti, located only about 150 yards from the hotel door. Then we met
Monday Nov 27Went to breakfast at a place called Antico Caffè Greco, which opened in 1760. A long list of famous people who have eaten
Sunday Nov 26Went to breakfast in Anguillara around 9:30a, then Lucia dropped us off at the train station and we went back to the city
Sat Nov 25For breakfast we walked over across the river to the Sciascia Caffe 1919. It was COLD and windy this morning. Down around 3-4°
Friday Nov 24Went to a little coffee and pastry shop a couple of doors down from the hotel. Croissants, or some pastry, and a cappuccino
Wed-Thu Nov 22-23We took a trip to Rome. My oldest son had suggested this early this year. He and his wife, her parents, and my
Le otto montagne- Paolo Cognetti (2016)“Comiciai a capire un fatto, e cioè che tutte le cose, per un pesce di fiume, vengono da monte: insetti,
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
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.