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Wild neighbors: Discovering Lewiston’s unexpected wildlife

2025-05-23 by Mike
A mule deer walking down our driveway.

From backyard deer to riverside pelicans, Lewiston is full of wild neighbors — and we’re fascinated by every unexpected encounter.

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Time to get off the fence

2025-03-082025-03-07 by Mike
An American flag hung upside down to signal dire distress by employees at Yosemite National Park on 22 Feb 2025.

The image above shows an American flag hung upside down to signal dire distress by employees at Yosemite National Park on 22 Feb 2025. Image credit: Joyce Vance on Substack. …

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Categories General, Politics, USA Tags USA 24 Comments

A Tale of Persistence

2024-08-23 by Mike

Mike had a lengthy dispute with a local hospital. Then he filed a complaint through the Livro de Reclamações – the online complaints book.

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Remembering Sox

2024-12-122024-05-31 by Mike
Sox and her stuffed squirrel in the Parede apartment

Celebrating the life of Boston Red Sox, a good dog and a good companion.

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Impressions of Morocco

2024-05-172024-05-03 by Mike
The exterior of a home and shop in Chefchaouen, with the traditional blue paint.

Our trip to Morocco what unexpectedly cut short, but we still were able to visit several fascinating cities. Here’s some of what we saw.

Categories General, Morocco, Travel Tags Casablanca, Chefchaouen, Marrakech, Meknes, Moulay Idriss 17 Comments

An unplanned lunch at Coyo Taco

2024-04-052024-04-05 by Mike
A bowl of guacamole, a bag of chips, and 4 small bowls of dipping sauce.

We started out to have lunch at a quiosque, but found it was closed. Good fortune led us to Coyo Taco, where we had a delightful meal.

Categories Food, General, Portugal Tags Lisbon 8 Comments

My new word for the summer

2023-09-162023-08-31 by Mary
An unseen person handing a small bouquet of flowers to another unseen person.

Mary has the writer’s chair this week. She has a story to tell about a French / Peruvian / Spanish word that brought her great joy.

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Chasing White Rabbits

2023-08-172023-08-17 by Mike
A white bunny hiding in the bushes.

Introducing a new section on The Cook and The Writer.

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Our Quiosque Quest

2025-02-052023-04-29 by Mike
4 - 1985 Portugal postage stamps with drawings of quiosques

We visited 10 quiosques (kiosks) in a week to sample the food and drinks you can find everywhere on the streets of Lisbon.

Categories Food, General, Portugal Tags Lisbon 17 Comments

Celebrating 100 Posts

2023-05-142023-03-04 by Mike
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We did what? When we published our last post about the crazy delicious Malasadas, we reached a major milestone: That was our 100th post. (It was actually number 101, but …

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Categories General Tags Lisbon 18 Comments
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