tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269546002024-03-07T20:06:24.550-05:00Mae TravelsMae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.comBlogger1138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-30934467267221520322023-12-31T23:59:00.009-05:002023-12-31T23:59:00.146-05:00Happy New Year 2024<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWO_TxJ1HbcFXSsKsn6NnuiXr5_Ycu0EA-ZnZlhojdlhVo_ggInkjOvrHBbs3ExifXGa667DHp1ZKmua3e37fsovqQGEzdXugXEWFDqZR6853k33VzTaNq9LtkoVXBKI8_4SsudQgNyWGfQGw510ZVqy7sLB4dWvy6dbdsP1FSfNhGM4W0r74f" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1760" data-original-width="2198" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiWO_TxJ1HbcFXSsKsn6NnuiXr5_Ycu0EA-ZnZlhojdlhVo_ggInkjOvrHBbs3ExifXGa667DHp1ZKmua3e37fsovqQGEzdXugXEWFDqZR6853k33VzTaNq9LtkoVXBKI8_4SsudQgNyWGfQGw510ZVqy7sLB4dWvy6dbdsP1FSfNhGM4W0r74f=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’m still posting at <a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com">maefood.blogspot.com</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><h1>A Very Brief Look at 2023</h1><h2>January</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-ETU-EgFWIPajJVFE7FHN4pdWxPRvVLAhHbhj0_BIRJUSt1vHFRQVAW92lzeN2sDOVkj6iAQGH_hrkrhbhHXaU4B0LlZVY6mVgdVpdE8nbjGIxJbXx9_501dJqmaxzIhvFCCUX9jKkLpgoAAqKi7FNfejxZpuh_N-8RMHCIByYlqknU_VJzy0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-ETU-EgFWIPajJVFE7FHN4pdWxPRvVLAhHbhj0_BIRJUSt1vHFRQVAW92lzeN2sDOVkj6iAQGH_hrkrhbhHXaU4B0LlZVY6mVgdVpdE8nbjGIxJbXx9_501dJqmaxzIhvFCCUX9jKkLpgoAAqKi7FNfejxZpuh_N-8RMHCIByYlqknU_VJzy0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dinner for our visiting family: Len mase five dishes.<br />Smacked cucumbers, snow peas, chicken stew, fish-fragrant eggplant, and rice.<br />Throughout the year Len successfully tried many Asian recipes which we enjoyed greatly.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>February</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4E57EF49n8bEa_JWzvganWTtH8J3k6d99dCntt6zvUf6vkXqLzvb6IRPDoGN-5n69tO0TTjQC6YYURG9nInjNLOBPXpQ1pWNtUsvsxz2jnAImxe-9v3icN2S5nIOaR-A7dRBLcWZ8PzhjThJ4CMt2JTZGCfsYsoia_luDxQFvJ7zwh2FkWSBJ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4E57EF49n8bEa_JWzvganWTtH8J3k6d99dCntt6zvUf6vkXqLzvb6IRPDoGN-5n69tO0TTjQC6YYURG9nInjNLOBPXpQ1pWNtUsvsxz2jnAImxe-9v3icN2S5nIOaR-A7dRBLcWZ8PzhjThJ4CMt2JTZGCfsYsoia_luDxQFvJ7zwh2FkWSBJ=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a beach barbecue on the beach in Baja California (Mexico) we enjoyed this bonfire and toasting marshmallows. One of many highlights of our trip on the National Geographic Venture.<br />We chose this trip in order to see whales, and we saw them at a distance and also up very close.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwWf8meyOqljjjDA4hp6VOGmuzTS0sedy-i5K3-bk4YTrqiD6QLhIhrhWKXzqtPHM20uJY9N39KHicZq8_Gv8fNahnhPO3T8jNrLwfS2IBtF7z484E09u0Yh2KOvOzon1RG5E6-wboT6u6QJ4QN5k913l76Cwjr5uFAFoyhLU756mxp6vaR0p_" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwWf8meyOqljjjDA4hp6VOGmuzTS0sedy-i5K3-bk4YTrqiD6QLhIhrhWKXzqtPHM20uJY9N39KHicZq8_Gv8fNahnhPO3T8jNrLwfS2IBtF7z484E09u0Yh2KOvOzon1RG5E6-wboT6u6QJ4QN5k913l76Cwjr5uFAFoyhLU756mxp6vaR0p_=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The marshmallows.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHmb4-KCu1EMfIgugX7cRFirc8QJyUXlTRF6TqVB7fkn6_poegT7vJqr6FnrChds0u5W9k5CWjGG5YWPztkuY-6WtPTQgfbIAHA2KGqPMmZ3X7n3tTmmbo47wSQQxMHVIT3fceCNFjAbWvauyG5yOUwmRqdwW3vUA1bVNhCCrbmSqfxKNuabSB" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="478" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHmb4-KCu1EMfIgugX7cRFirc8QJyUXlTRF6TqVB7fkn6_poegT7vJqr6FnrChds0u5W9k5CWjGG5YWPztkuY-6WtPTQgfbIAHA2KGqPMmZ3X7n3tTmmbo47wSQQxMHVIT3fceCNFjAbWvauyG5yOUwmRqdwW3vUA1bVNhCCrbmSqfxKNuabSB=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sculpture garden behind the café at the San Diego Art Museum.<br />Our two trips in February, to San Diego and to Baja California, Mexico,<br />were our main travel in the early part of 2023.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2>March</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqphtMlEtokeLR_1ywjc8hBkY12cTSz9mW7TzYK6bzms9to_M2S_yENebK3vLW15NT07tYMoz8z-owAtR8IAEivYd63wqjMpZ24fZ3IgWorNEjfJgyBAK4ft6cNEaZTogBXi2Wr64AsKcTb_B91UZgUDCufy3YZLkVvYf3Yhca8-fe9N5fKEYX" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1280" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqphtMlEtokeLR_1ywjc8hBkY12cTSz9mW7TzYK6bzms9to_M2S_yENebK3vLW15NT07tYMoz8z-owAtR8IAEivYd63wqjMpZ24fZ3IgWorNEjfJgyBAK4ft6cNEaZTogBXi2Wr64AsKcTb_B91UZgUDCufy3YZLkVvYf3Yhca8-fe9N5fKEYX=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At home: a whole red snapper with a dish of mushrooms in butter and garlic.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>April</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKuGfUYZ2VjZxwUm1D9td_MIZmwSl_tdU-tOid_YH128KPLOnDthvzSpHueJq7AZzklUx1R6CXLfzvOqkP7-LhondvwmKfcVpctHZt6b9zgCXd9E26JEYaMNvIzzy8zsTZb_BIMoYL7se4CSu7vqSvyDRKeXHSThI0H32KPOAhS5RYJabkoCb6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="611" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKuGfUYZ2VjZxwUm1D9td_MIZmwSl_tdU-tOid_YH128KPLOnDthvzSpHueJq7AZzklUx1R6CXLfzvOqkP7-LhondvwmKfcVpctHZt6b9zgCXd9E26JEYaMNvIzzy8zsTZb_BIMoYL7se4CSu7vqSvyDRKeXHSThI0H32KPOAhS5RYJabkoCb6=w611-h640" width="611" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All year we have been enjoying the bao buns at Bao Space in downtown Ann Arbor.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>May</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiioWtI_HnKij1C_0hfl5OFugCEoueXhqdFJhmumWcH8st0Dlt6K27P470k61WcmqhfmVi-TrPqHZEk47QCMcvciZUTFqIbUdFQ0r0jdWAsHiI7A43KbiTTb19i0p2iZ3qo0mO6Ictq_B4xfDYkFnUprymUq-LpyKsRRV-Dg7si_N9kFWHa3nv1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="483" data-original-width="640" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiioWtI_HnKij1C_0hfl5OFugCEoueXhqdFJhmumWcH8st0Dlt6K27P470k61WcmqhfmVi-TrPqHZEk47QCMcvciZUTFqIbUdFQ0r0jdWAsHiI7A43KbiTTb19i0p2iZ3qo0mO6Ictq_B4xfDYkFnUprymUq-LpyKsRRV-Dg7si_N9kFWHa3nv1=w640-h483" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of several celebrations of Miriam's graduation from University of Virginia.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>June</h2><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgnmMQWGxWBh1UoN1jjmdsAkkpL9zdh_8dgWAaVxy6R9oq2ll98SqynSTjAEiSRbIRzLEqccDWprvHWaMfTZ-9hYmNZjxTlEwAkPps68ZTWwvg4VpYl2HNMNxt7MTUM2mnTd4j67R1-DzGODD6A1H-iHR5qGhIZEFNABWUTQ7JKWUJiUMMyRqd" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgnmMQWGxWBh1UoN1jjmdsAkkpL9zdh_8dgWAaVxy6R9oq2ll98SqynSTjAEiSRbIRzLEqccDWprvHWaMfTZ-9hYmNZjxTlEwAkPps68ZTWwvg4VpYl2HNMNxt7MTUM2mnTd4j67R1-DzGODD6A1H-iHR5qGhIZEFNABWUTQ7JKWUJiUMMyRqd=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><h2>July</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGtaJH3kJKdg4KYtqtrBB6_RMYhTQ0OjMAEmwbtrFEPbP35Nsc3D4mgvYdKfKaexj_KQU_KEFCc5ZU7oUe3dFXMs6-Ie3z66OYHlUX2fw6XaKBQaN62J-Aewn5DxWK-0wbLlI5Ig2d9ZCFI16cYytgtUlP3GtYxvx2tW6vHzCUilDF2lF64lWo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGtaJH3kJKdg4KYtqtrBB6_RMYhTQ0OjMAEmwbtrFEPbP35Nsc3D4mgvYdKfKaexj_KQU_KEFCc5ZU7oUe3dFXMs6-Ie3z66OYHlUX2fw6XaKBQaN62J-Aewn5DxWK-0wbLlI5Ig2d9ZCFI16cYytgtUlP3GtYxvx2tW6vHzCUilDF2lF64lWo=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3t4PQ5l2-_uZCtyZqZ1j2WCkr9OATJjIBR1byhAyaoFoNW0LDRZ3NSWjev3pAqN3ik7n8hz7bKyvn_ldhwdStHYV3cHTNykid6aWrcZ_LP-MA11mSEWydPo2iIPdQoWSNAHRgtel0ItSGjIs3-4c7GuQ-S4q6_mUFvdhbQlwPz06i2d4jQEyX" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="468" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj3t4PQ5l2-_uZCtyZqZ1j2WCkr9OATJjIBR1byhAyaoFoNW0LDRZ3NSWjev3pAqN3ik7n8hz7bKyvn_ldhwdStHYV3cHTNykid6aWrcZ_LP-MA11mSEWydPo2iIPdQoWSNAHRgtel0ItSGjIs3-4c7GuQ-S4q6_mUFvdhbQlwPz06i2d4jQEyX=w469-h640" width="469" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Food paintings at the Ann Arbor Art Fair.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><h2>August</h2></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKBnMEMgmQHeAyHJ5XbQdMtwRitLRHY3h5zYroJY0uzcqF8I4QxI2RN-qyD25DIkg6qwS2JJCwATiX3d4C1K9Z6BUercSUfUBhhHs99fMJeKCeNcJ4LFQhaJALtAe_GMyirm0o4ofMhs2rITroqouwhxC6R_J9Q2uwUFqMJxQuyYnA3xYN8Bvr" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="640" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKBnMEMgmQHeAyHJ5XbQdMtwRitLRHY3h5zYroJY0uzcqF8I4QxI2RN-qyD25DIkg6qwS2JJCwATiX3d4C1K9Z6BUercSUfUBhhHs99fMJeKCeNcJ4LFQhaJALtAe_GMyirm0o4ofMhs2rITroqouwhxC6R_J9Q2uwUFqMJxQuyYnA3xYN8Bvr=w640-h512" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fascinating exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>September</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8MHrXH_yEmiHv8fdiYb2qtvz_TgNbZ2JeTmn68Xi4gSq9fGmYgz5dT1UYoF_ssS6kFsMuIOQINZkOTqKzgltyiJsp9dWTW3C95YkB4bVpiG3wx2DIO601UJfqTt-rQQMYhn6Rj3w9HqWNQkJ-jJA02vlJxCaIPMZvD4fMM_396kPoW-GB0cKa" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="546" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj8MHrXH_yEmiHv8fdiYb2qtvz_TgNbZ2JeTmn68Xi4gSq9fGmYgz5dT1UYoF_ssS6kFsMuIOQINZkOTqKzgltyiJsp9dWTW3C95YkB4bVpiG3wx2DIO601UJfqTt-rQQMYhn6Rj3w9HqWNQkJ-jJA02vlJxCaIPMZvD4fMM_396kPoW-GB0cKa=w547-h640" width="547" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visited Miriam who now lives in Baltimore.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><h2>October</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAy84Phy4KmfkJCFT3Cv4T43rPkA_brDeNAGKfcFArZQCXWHZfwiksiCnAyQsBWvEzcPOxkznU5nIHQuPcnp8N5pswig-51lMaWeKLaz4bDjpUFufo5FShzEZrJu0d8jjEWAP7VoBX7w5yQMkqfWEJ2Lpnv6kf2h-bgLf6PpoBooJgfWTaB1V3" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="479" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiAy84Phy4KmfkJCFT3Cv4T43rPkA_brDeNAGKfcFArZQCXWHZfwiksiCnAyQsBWvEzcPOxkznU5nIHQuPcnp8N5pswig-51lMaWeKLaz4bDjpUFufo5FShzEZrJu0d8jjEWAP7VoBX7w5yQMkqfWEJ2Lpnv6kf2h-bgLf6PpoBooJgfWTaB1V3=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A week in Cape May, NJ -- mainly watching birds and enjoying the scenery and some very good meals.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>November</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkgPEovgUWUu5jkmONRwXxBntxxZmPWLIGbs99J4_BXIZfB8ecyBT2gqGwJ3TKHvXH6oM4LjYIp121bsSXzj7SB7MP5lFDx0Ym1WROmIeimcqW1Std3fmp8ibrfR6bY6TyCD1uqOEw1598eUQPzfu_hGBSJxH3W7eFyAJO8E5sVzkkt1uS-Zh" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2668" data-original-width="3792" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHkgPEovgUWUu5jkmONRwXxBntxxZmPWLIGbs99J4_BXIZfB8ecyBT2gqGwJ3TKHvXH6oM4LjYIp121bsSXzj7SB7MP5lFDx0Ym1WROmIeimcqW1Std3fmp8ibrfR6bY6TyCD1uqOEw1598eUQPzfu_hGBSJxH3W7eFyAJO8E5sVzkkt1uS-Zh=w640-h450" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanksgiving dinner in Fairfax.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2>December</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEil4IHKWLe7SjDt1vn1uh2wOHw07qj1s9aY_O-8qHL0PZZoh_vhZ9cLPHesiPhxhIftb4Vrw1Z_ptKNcRLadP_Yq7joWLSCBnA-cJjiOqyavJmJVxI0Ub1Njt7DhiCEc1hHxTLA3BiPSxZ9hZy1H85J_lQghZP6UoQH3Bomwq7traXM2IZaIUPg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEil4IHKWLe7SjDt1vn1uh2wOHw07qj1s9aY_O-8qHL0PZZoh_vhZ9cLPHesiPhxhIftb4Vrw1Z_ptKNcRLadP_Yq7joWLSCBnA-cJjiOqyavJmJVxI0Ub1Njt7DhiCEc1hHxTLA3BiPSxZ9hZy1H85J_lQghZP6UoQH3Bomwq7traXM2IZaIUPg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Blog post and photos © 2023 mae sander</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-39869069566331654202022-12-31T23:30:00.006-05:002023-12-18T09:39:05.924-05:00Happy New Year 2023<p><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I hope everyone will have a delightful, prosperous, healthy, productive, and enjoyable year in 2023.</span></p><p>Another year of blog posts about food, travel, and books is complete, and I continue posting at</p><h1 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Maefood.blogspot.com </a></h1><p>I plan to keep posting there, as I have for several years since I consolidated my efforts into just one blog. As the end of the year quickly approaches, I wanted to find a way to wrap up one of our favorite activities. Some years I feature favorite meals or favorite bird -- this year, here are some of my favorite art experiences, as reported at maefood.blogspot.com.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheqF0BboXOZ55siOXXeXBtts1DmxSo0IHi8t5nfUjkKO7HN-kfUm4Ti_JrcIY00UN8kFNL1rilTBfR1gD0eKVf108wnHhQQG2pvToRihLTco-u9a-RUsfzUhdS7cQ7XVelDczHLO6E8gf29KTi_bv-7ryURafe4dsXIgvYIjprB_HmCQTiaA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="1903" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheqF0BboXOZ55siOXXeXBtts1DmxSo0IHi8t5nfUjkKO7HN-kfUm4Ti_JrcIY00UN8kFNL1rilTBfR1gD0eKVf108wnHhQQG2pvToRihLTco-u9a-RUsfzUhdS7cQ7XVelDczHLO6E8gf29KTi_bv-7ryURafe4dsXIgvYIjprB_HmCQTiaA=w640-h462" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washington, D.C. March, 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidAnjY_s6agno6sTA87_zOWhbKVOPo48PtNIhzltwIfgtHq_bRZcRPXn4ZkhMkdEWgeeVS4K5sTTAL_QxxBuvKioJx_Evr8sm89Rw-iezHQI8HPkJiVRe6EMcawoMIrT6shJDJP5TAkDMrnjfqR8z7PtQLwqP-n_DfAMlWacbMye4-EDKZjA" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="846" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidAnjY_s6agno6sTA87_zOWhbKVOPo48PtNIhzltwIfgtHq_bRZcRPXn4ZkhMkdEWgeeVS4K5sTTAL_QxxBuvKioJx_Evr8sm89Rw-iezHQI8HPkJiVRe6EMcawoMIrT6shJDJP5TAkDMrnjfqR8z7PtQLwqP-n_DfAMlWacbMye4-EDKZjA=w424-h640" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charlottesville Art Park. March, 2022</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWfmuAknyxLXjniOdFUscNDHeHmll84dThBiqcbpCL-pqI1_lBenjGHMOYGip8wOzokoMsggnqV6k_S4ShZ5MGduwryI0itcXsHhu3rcP6v2zIKu_uchsV9Cc5R6A6JDVKnyZRUgkSJBWiqPyVyCeII8p4Q_JkCsmWQSic3Np9EDHQUdCNSg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWfmuAknyxLXjniOdFUscNDHeHmll84dThBiqcbpCL-pqI1_lBenjGHMOYGip8wOzokoMsggnqV6k_S4ShZ5MGduwryI0itcXsHhu3rcP6v2zIKu_uchsV9Cc5R6A6JDVKnyZRUgkSJBWiqPyVyCeII8p4Q_JkCsmWQSic3Np9EDHQUdCNSg=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM. April, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigs1eXsgjCKHglrY519xI8O-NULT6H7GAYTOWSMciX9EHuImPZzcZT5219eKfcZ1N1VN9XD-ml1jf4iU5UeNJ3tMHbRRygYyZzs4fM2TkeHChO_ezgkbVvz6K8XoTEtryejPsfWgO-6AoGgrHCWLs5jpSU12_5Ka1gx4CSnTSsl-nsLVVyww" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEigs1eXsgjCKHglrY519xI8O-NULT6H7GAYTOWSMciX9EHuImPZzcZT5219eKfcZ1N1VN9XD-ml1jf4iU5UeNJ3tMHbRRygYyZzs4fM2TkeHChO_ezgkbVvz6K8XoTEtryejPsfWgO-6AoGgrHCWLs5jpSU12_5Ka1gx4CSnTSsl-nsLVVyww=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Are fireworks art? Burns Park, Ann Arbor. July 4, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV5rwYsUva9ZzCNSMFc4oYssVKcns9hWsaGqOn_vPUZiJdlJ5VIcpNrgsMoH8bw4Zzfupz-5-SBc1RJxScwAYg7XsBo7BG1QDJOLa7OnliYVNbbmJfLiAf8Bhk9zeSKZqpwPTLyU-G_khMoSrfiSwPGB1878-fnTRto_46_Uo53U4eOZZAmQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV5rwYsUva9ZzCNSMFc4oYssVKcns9hWsaGqOn_vPUZiJdlJ5VIcpNrgsMoH8bw4Zzfupz-5-SBc1RJxScwAYg7XsBo7BG1QDJOLa7OnliYVNbbmJfLiAf8Bhk9zeSKZqpwPTLyU-G_khMoSrfiSwPGB1878-fnTRto_46_Uo53U4eOZZAmQ" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fox Center in Iceland. An unusual museum! August, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCKSMIf-TpGyI4FWqLawp28fdbC-ksXF8_FPBpciJ1SfoAyM_lTrkcFLgfqEGLVKjvTBoLf2V4pI5YptGrtOPa3HLOyHwVCBWRpKV1uY3B56WZ5t64ZDwCVkI7KaEQeJCzkYoCXt9hAvFc36yAVEsIXLo6kNnyrUq7w_ut39s3GY2iX6Yy8Q" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="1786" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCKSMIf-TpGyI4FWqLawp28fdbC-ksXF8_FPBpciJ1SfoAyM_lTrkcFLgfqEGLVKjvTBoLf2V4pI5YptGrtOPa3HLOyHwVCBWRpKV1uY3B56WZ5t64ZDwCVkI7KaEQeJCzkYoCXt9hAvFc36yAVEsIXLo6kNnyrUq7w_ut39s3GY2iX6Yy8Q=w640-h630" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Museums in Greenland often document the skills of kayaking. August, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5gRPwdVfSz7kX-Dmth2gMF8oNhZBlCwY3mX6h-v5n5QQBf57zF1vAIrsSEkztG0CdWiNzcQRUNjeRXDU-W9VPSKhnAoR61enBLX531K02A5UHWMyGQrp2xMko92u5mgfAXR1SgtxTfusd9BBLv3dwJbKhGh-ePLTtMRkPoD0xi9RFn6rsow" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj5gRPwdVfSz7kX-Dmth2gMF8oNhZBlCwY3mX6h-v5n5QQBf57zF1vAIrsSEkztG0CdWiNzcQRUNjeRXDU-W9VPSKhnAoR61enBLX531K02A5UHWMyGQrp2xMko92u5mgfAXR1SgtxTfusd9BBLv3dwJbKhGh-ePLTtMRkPoD0xi9RFn6rsow" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outdoor art in Greenland includes some fantastic rock carving. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgWIL0SzUt1UTARoxFwLSkIZRD5kx_7V8UCwLA7zVR39IHvPUcV0uFJWxNBkbVnXvmDPYWuQzONgMsWOcaEI5hbLjKUJL8GSk4sz_GmiDD0hT_C7lp8jpCbHO-eExAdeKss7U2GLAK1CiAYehn1pInKFY87WLEh62L1ciFzlZK41aaYWgJHQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="456" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgWIL0SzUt1UTARoxFwLSkIZRD5kx_7V8UCwLA7zVR39IHvPUcV0uFJWxNBkbVnXvmDPYWuQzONgMsWOcaEI5hbLjKUJL8GSk4sz_GmiDD0hT_C7lp8jpCbHO-eExAdeKss7U2GLAK1CiAYehn1pInKFY87WLEh62L1ciFzlZK41aaYWgJHQ=w456-h640" width="456" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">University of Michigan Museum of Art, September, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbHANy_KbTZNi-S34VNwP-WQWSArvtZcQk71C-yZX9lmc5tGFYXiNu6qN9_eyqFBI4tCj_clEjY2XpmMvzXMF7MRa6i49noXpAYe046D8a6PK-Wp_oK7gmOw_jatwYEf-D_KaZkTqp2HBSHSrbxlOFFAjmiHgXARkY9ecs9QGLYS8VgykQLw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbHANy_KbTZNi-S34VNwP-WQWSArvtZcQk71C-yZX9lmc5tGFYXiNu6qN9_eyqFBI4tCj_clEjY2XpmMvzXMF7MRa6i49noXpAYe046D8a6PK-Wp_oK7gmOw_jatwYEf-D_KaZkTqp2HBSHSrbxlOFFAjmiHgXARkY9ecs9QGLYS8VgykQLw=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Among the fabulous museums in Holland: the Mauritshaus in the Hague. November, 2022.<br /><br /><h1 style="text-align: left;">Three Van Gogh Museums</h1><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihFYmA_80h9qhu3mu0SGxA3wgybrl6M7san0ihHkZ6_6GR5FzDXuGWEPw8Hr1l2pCMe99SRQ75nWtp9bmxfnArLA_C39OaG1KRhBKTpP4JrW4WnvTS-vUfnuq2b2Fzh60ettLVPaCL1UtsqhCVfDCfEHk6azhebX9IEP5XclJSUMF-VBfXzw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="418" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihFYmA_80h9qhu3mu0SGxA3wgybrl6M7san0ihHkZ6_6GR5FzDXuGWEPw8Hr1l2pCMe99SRQ75nWtp9bmxfnArLA_C39OaG1KRhBKTpP4JrW4WnvTS-vUfnuq2b2Fzh60ettLVPaCL1UtsqhCVfDCfEHk6azhebX9IEP5XclJSUMF-VBfXzw=w419-h640" width="419" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detroit Institute of Arts: "Van Gogh in America." November, 2022. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi64JyllKYH2sksHlVI_RZ-HW2hTefT3qOASbDl4uoFBGjuVy3ATZAU-w7G8iN-mtS4quiI75aNo2DnzP49lUvbe-C_fBnHiqAItjI9VBLUguaV4v0TMQzf8vx-1WZuygkXP4yNwNJEAvlZZf3F7wyYilzm1AhFzFdxbuGIVbpg-AfNIDlWpQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="501" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi64JyllKYH2sksHlVI_RZ-HW2hTefT3qOASbDl4uoFBGjuVy3ATZAU-w7G8iN-mtS4quiI75aNo2DnzP49lUvbe-C_fBnHiqAItjI9VBLUguaV4v0TMQzf8vx-1WZuygkXP4yNwNJEAvlZZf3F7wyYilzm1AhFzFdxbuGIVbpg-AfNIDlWpQ=w501-h640" width="501" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum. December, 2022.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody><tbody><tr></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrYFC1nnO3wobLXhBaBw3Xzz85_gaBOFTVJYINYaynCAizWYOQWdWCUJnnECn-yGyTvwXcU4oCS5S_pgQ-VdRZPyoUcXgqMaz3fY06jHLMTbX-FmDn1mYHimz1SF8B1sEGJMsSkaFeMIRxZjRcX_-VZH7xc2Qg3VYraNECegXHtT4EsNQ6w/s5184/kroller-muller.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3888" data-original-width="5184" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrYFC1nnO3wobLXhBaBw3Xzz85_gaBOFTVJYINYaynCAizWYOQWdWCUJnnECn-yGyTvwXcU4oCS5S_pgQ-VdRZPyoUcXgqMaz3fY06jHLMTbX-FmDn1mYHimz1SF8B1sEGJMsSkaFeMIRxZjRcX_-VZH7xc2Qg3VYraNECegXHtT4EsNQ6w/w400-h300/kroller-muller.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Kröller-Müller Museum, November, 2022.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMe8DbPsjtQat0o-WDxSKQOZczDTUZ7TLdJX0GcjmM0TXcQeIkcYPtXACxSe0QfVe83ig3AFKkMf_OOEb45B36JUOr0QpXvxmxpitc6rN__QIRqgKWOYC46A-yOAyEKn9T_TrEZ8j9ZmMIm8zPU2BvDdRspOBYbq2WlYGpJjpTnHiEhPn63w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="640" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMe8DbPsjtQat0o-WDxSKQOZczDTUZ7TLdJX0GcjmM0TXcQeIkcYPtXACxSe0QfVe83ig3AFKkMf_OOEb45B36JUOr0QpXvxmxpitc6rN__QIRqgKWOYC46A-yOAyEKn9T_TrEZ8j9ZmMIm8zPU2BvDdRspOBYbq2WlYGpJjpTnHiEhPn63w=w640-h388" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><i><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Blog post and photos © 2022 mae sander</i></div></i>Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-86913250997730429392021-12-31T19:58:00.001-05:002023-12-18T09:39:22.983-05:00Happy New Year, 2022<p></p><span style="font-size: medium;">Wishing everyone a great New Year! I'm still blogging at:</span><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://MAEFOOD.BLOGSPOT.COM">MAEFOOD.BLOGSPOT.COM</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Here is what our past year looked like. We remained in lock-down during the pandemic until we were double-vaccinated in mid-March. Then we were able to begin traveling again, as I recorded at <a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com">maefood.blogspot.com</a>. A brief look at our travels:</span></h4><h2 style="text-align: left;">March, 2021: Virginia.</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsZGt22y9T8Ku-LgKM8v-iNoG53ujvD7DzLEuDs8thKeYdlCxcF1eLkEzMs9OUWGcWGDqrzXJIUFwoijXl-o9Ix41eFe0YafPkC9Zt1egB5ThsvRtfgv_XHOHpxnf6DWupWrl/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdsZGt22y9T8Ku-LgKM8v-iNoG53ujvD7DzLEuDs8thKeYdlCxcF1eLkEzMs9OUWGcWGDqrzXJIUFwoijXl-o9Ix41eFe0YafPkC9Zt1egB5ThsvRtfgv_XHOHpxnf6DWupWrl/w448-h640/image.png" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first trip after Covid vaccination: visiting Virginia. We spent one<br />day in Charlottesville with Miriam, seeing the beautiful UVa campus.<br />The rest of the trip was spent in Fairfax with Alice, Tom, and Evelyn.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">April, 2021: Indiana</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kK7WUo-HMicxhAsNJ-e6tMIGDW8-Kf1iPBMdlaARqwRMSW5k4pZVGD0bffCpk5ZqWSuRP5BS17UmZkgP2wVxBchVMGS78NIP-3qcevn6pLYY_2B11SXvBp461qSZZ_r-XHwk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kK7WUo-HMicxhAsNJ-e6tMIGDW8-Kf1iPBMdlaARqwRMSW5k4pZVGD0bffCpk5ZqWSuRP5BS17UmZkgP2wVxBchVMGS78NIP-3qcevn6pLYY_2B11SXvBp461qSZZ_r-XHwk/w300-h400/image.png" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A mural in Lafayette, Indiana, where we visited my sister.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;">May, 2021: Arizona</h2></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6_s9GhGZMS5OpRebcCISozQk3MltveOqdBzKEpqEIJY5fuOVyaY5oxDx0bRZ9D3FpBiuHMpOcias2MDKYfdQUIEGWiJnqZA71MBtb2uGwQnyYkxtsD9dxMKaeC1cYGmc10A1/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="639" height="483" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6_s9GhGZMS5OpRebcCISozQk3MltveOqdBzKEpqEIJY5fuOVyaY5oxDx0bRZ9D3FpBiuHMpOcias2MDKYfdQUIEGWiJnqZA71MBtb2uGwQnyYkxtsD9dxMKaeC1cYGmc10A1/w640-h483/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On a birding tour of southern Arizona, we enjoyed the beautiful Chiracaua Mountains near the town of Portal.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">June, 2021: Virginia</h2></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBM3si4xn5Xw3QXPrbPpRGc4Vn7CnHKwA_TptF4kvEgkwxJYLK2a346Nf0IiBWulNJHmUcv9ykwohq7fkxU9dbOM4LKna7LdEIC1VgutGq4D2vGLYeKfoIzUVkWuoGGDP8_-t/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="276" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEBM3si4xn5Xw3QXPrbPpRGc4Vn7CnHKwA_TptF4kvEgkwxJYLK2a346Nf0IiBWulNJHmUcv9ykwohq7fkxU9dbOM4LKna7LdEIC1VgutGq4D2vGLYeKfoIzUVkWuoGGDP8_-t/w443-h640/image.png" width="443" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In June we returned to Virginia for Alice's high school graduation.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">July, 2021: Iceland</h2></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rS9wGnmf6VYn4ecWQDe_Cvd0gjkW-IiFJzOzkSjzeZY4pU2yOzhabUUY5lxS-_v1sNUbPXZFXDmuVRyPClCD1JY8AGu6A0QN5v-vI6ZW2rGxOD-713BqC6KKdEiEingPzrM8/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rS9wGnmf6VYn4ecWQDe_Cvd0gjkW-IiFJzOzkSjzeZY4pU2yOzhabUUY5lxS-_v1sNUbPXZFXDmuVRyPClCD1JY8AGu6A0QN5v-vI6ZW2rGxOD-713BqC6KKdEiEingPzrM8/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the end of July, we flew to Iceland for a voyage on the National Geographic Explorer.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">August, 2021: Maine</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6kypmiWUWrmMKNP4hkjI5X7CiE-eDt6-Ukq4tnM-PNN43lkOWD5uiVHFdL0y0Rz_X46_t9WyC_DcxIks_QqFJsfWl61A9qEazbegMveA0R1Ve9-KvsOkZZNPD4psxbpqVkav/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6kypmiWUWrmMKNP4hkjI5X7CiE-eDt6-Ukq4tnM-PNN43lkOWD5uiVHFdL0y0Rz_X46_t9WyC_DcxIks_QqFJsfWl61A9qEazbegMveA0R1Ve9-KvsOkZZNPD4psxbpqVkav/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Bar Harbor, Maine, we enjoyed sightseeing with Miriam, Evelyn, Alice, and Tom. We went on several<br />walks, looking at lots of things including this mushroom.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">September, 2021: Michigan</h2></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuMm1iHdg-SBFpYsUnB5x3l_Lx1xH8n1P3BxWdMux58aVbNWSkYtu_jdjAgLyAaVrpcxYOWwTT50DVMz-x_G1z_Ea1Y3du4GHNpBZHxEN7VNdq-dVxcrkKtdAFXo75q8wwy5a/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuMm1iHdg-SBFpYsUnB5x3l_Lx1xH8n1P3BxWdMux58aVbNWSkYtu_jdjAgLyAaVrpcxYOWwTT50DVMz-x_G1z_Ea1Y3du4GHNpBZHxEN7VNdq-dVxcrkKtdAFXo75q8wwy5a/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The farthest we traveled in September was Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge a couple hours from home.</td></tr></tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: left;">October, 2021: Oregon, Washington, Idaho</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsudp_ClQbBfU1IYQdFLlfPmoE30qj0A0bwYLGcPGo3tD57SeeUv49WpxVJ0JA-KrhBdOMgUF6N73MWpO8Z-0Id_EGYFcG5Y_Y_P7wfk1vZKAG3yrAAdhLMtlLACRdLhxiRdH/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsudp_ClQbBfU1IYQdFLlfPmoE30qj0A0bwYLGcPGo3tD57SeeUv49WpxVJ0JA-KrhBdOMgUF6N73MWpO8Z-0Id_EGYFcG5Y_Y_P7wfk1vZKAG3yrAAdhLMtlLACRdLhxiRdH/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We traveled on the National Geographic Quest, beginning at the Pacific Ocean near Astoria, Oregon.<br />We went along the Columbian River between Oregon and Washington, through a number of locks and dams. <br />Finally, we traveled in Idaho to the Nez Perce Indian Reservation and flew home from Spokane. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;">November, 2021: Washington, D.C.</h2><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5j5cyVdMqyjUgLpJDqbQxf9q_qREyWpzh7x4JiWKf_t2J9AH29eaT9sq9hAnpdLdwA256Qga4typnhYzTvES3a_JPm52m4nDyoKx6GLEFXyz4PiWuNxNC80aZ9zBf0jrsHKp/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5j5cyVdMqyjUgLpJDqbQxf9q_qREyWpzh7x4JiWKf_t2J9AH29eaT9sq9hAnpdLdwA256Qga4typnhYzTvES3a_JPm52m4nDyoKx6GLEFXyz4PiWuNxNC80aZ9zBf0jrsHKp/w480-h640/image.png" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Thanksgiving trip to Fairfax included our only visit to Washington, D.C. of the year.<br />We enjoyed visiting the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture garden.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">December, 2021</h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVw17uWRpKbRQQ89XhX4FT6aPYjM59pqbIGrcHv7z1jZ78WpXTXfk3BqilxyMBsIADe7-Vzq0IpOldxAyciDNuYckUZ2iJw8qQaL4bP0np70UZnihCLzZ1aQPNHOWQ9kh_8m4c/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="416" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVw17uWRpKbRQQ89XhX4FT6aPYjM59pqbIGrcHv7z1jZ78WpXTXfk3BqilxyMBsIADe7-Vzq0IpOldxAyciDNuYckUZ2iJw8qQaL4bP0np70UZnihCLzZ1aQPNHOWQ9kh_8m4c/w416-h640/image.png" width="416" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We didn't leave home but here's my new spirit doll.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">Blog post © 2021 mae sander.</div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div>Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-50927164061688375482020-12-31T23:59:00.001-05:002020-12-31T23:59:07.264-05:00BETTER New Year, 2021!<p>Blogging this year has been a good way to stay in touch with other humans during the incredibly necessary lockdown and isolation caused by the pandemic. For all my recent blogging, and hopefully for future posts, see my consolidated food and travel blog:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com">maefood.blogspot.com</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi4HGnUlCKxBAFydlhq_aR6sw-3ElG5z9PugO_v1mnlJm_qadhzny22SR3tLTVa77UWbqPTfRtCdmXAdOSXRr3kic_6dIjftC1DEqiMuhLOGQzAJu6sdpUThc3uxYMA4ZwuGT/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsi4HGnUlCKxBAFydlhq_aR6sw-3ElG5z9PugO_v1mnlJm_qadhzny22SR3tLTVa77UWbqPTfRtCdmXAdOSXRr3kic_6dIjftC1DEqiMuhLOGQzAJu6sdpUThc3uxYMA4ZwuGT/w480-h640/image.png" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bowl of fruit: no travel photos since last March. We are inside.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></p>Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-60748006800864830452019-12-31T23:30:00.000-05:002020-01-06T06:29:51.394-05:00Happy New Year 2020!Another year is coming to an end. It's been an exciting one, with several trips, visitors from various places, lots of cooking in my kitchen, and many delicious meals at home and out. I've continued to document all my activities. I hope to keep on going in 2020. You can see my posts, past, present, and future at<br />
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Below are a few highlights of our travel from 2019. First: a photo taken in Tahiti during our spring trip to French Polynesia with National Geographic-Lindblad tours:</div>
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Second, from our birding trip with Field Guides, Inc. -- California in September:
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And from our trip to Costa Rica in December:
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-48798909972297942562018-12-31T23:30:00.000-05:002020-01-06T06:29:51.348-05:00Happy New Year, 2019Wishing everyone a great New Year! I'm still blogging food, books, travel, and random thoughts at<br />
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In the past year, to update the travel theme -- we took three big trips: to Israel in spring, to the Pacific Northwest in autumn, and to Paris for Thanksgiving week. A brief summary in photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here at home in Ann Arbor, I'm taking photos of street art and murals, like this one on Liberty Street.</td></tr>
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-74145718303927465032017-12-31T07:17:00.000-05:002020-01-06T06:29:51.417-05:00Still Blogging Next Door at Mae's Food Blog!Once again, greetings for a new year! I've continued with my decision to maintain only one blog, <a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com/">maefood.blogspot.com</a>. I hope you join me there during the coming year.<br />
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Highlights of 2017 included two splendid trips to South America in February and October, a road trip to Arizona for a guided bird tour in June, various visits with family, cooking and enjoying good food, and reading many wonderful books. I hope you stay with me on my food blog for another year.<br />
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Here's a photo of the most remote place we visited in 2017: Cape Horn as seen from the National Geographic Explorer.<br />
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-19970061268155094002016-12-31T18:00:00.000-05:002020-01-06T06:32:04.563-05:00Another New YearOne year ago, I decided to close this blog and consolidate food, travel, and other blogging into my food blog. I completed almost 350 posts on many subjects, including trips that we made in almost every month of the year. You can continue to read this blog in the coming year:<br />
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After the 2016 election in November, I began to feel a desperate need for heroes in American life -- and yes, I agree with Brecht who said: "Unhappy is the land that needs a hero." So in addition to my food blog, I returned to my hero blog where I have, in the past catalogued secular Jewish heroes. You can read it here:<br />
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Meanwhile, I'm still an occasional Mona Lisa collector. Enjoy New Year's Eve 2017 as Mona Lisa celebrates... and recovers. Images from a blog post I did long ago:</div>
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-60770421075475681692015-12-30T10:01:00.001-05:002016-01-03T05:52:17.545-05:00The End of This Blog<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Raku Tea Bowl, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, from our visit there last month.<br />
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I started this blog in April, 2006, when I was about to leave for a month in Israel. On a previous stay in Israel, I had recorded my impressions in a series of emails, which I collected later, and I realized that a blog would be a better way to let friends share my experiences.<br />
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Later that summer, I decided to separate my blogging activity into specialized streams: particularly, to separate food posts. Thus I began my food blog. Now I intend to re-integrate all my blogging into a single stream: <a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my food blog</a>. In 2016, I'll include posts about travel, wildlife, and reading there even if they aren't about food.Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-8512131288370436662015-12-27T10:39:00.002-05:002015-12-27T10:39:41.839-05:00Favorite PoetryIn today's <i>New York Times Book Review</i>: "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/books/review/whats-your-favorite-poem.html?action=click&contentCollection=review&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront" target="_blank">What's your favorite poem?</a>" Responses to the question are from a number of well-known writers.<br />
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I'm not much of a poetry reader, but several of the poems listed are also among my favorites. Here are some of the beloved poems from the article, and my own memories of them:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 23px;">TA-NEHISI COATES:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> Robert Hayden’s </span><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171823" style="background-color: white; color: #326891; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">“Middle Passage.”</a> I reread this poem just now. It's an incredibly powerful evocation of what it would have been like to be a captured slave on a slave ship in the Middle Passage from Africa to the new world. The poet Robert Hayden was a neighbor of ours for a few years in the 1970s and I remember greeting him as he walked his dog named Sadie. This adds to my appreciation of the poem.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 23px;">ALAN CUMMING:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> Yeats’s </span><a href="https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/aedh-wishes-cloths-heaven" style="background-color: white; color: #326891; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven.”</a> Another that I remember loving a long time ago when I took a course about William Butler Yeats.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 23px;">KATIE COURIC:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> </span>John McCrae's “In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row” is her favorite, and she also mentions a poem I often recited when I was a child: <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171919">“The Swing,”</a> by Robert Louis Stevenson.<br /><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 23px;">MO WILLEMS:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;"> Dr. Seuss’s </span><a href="http://www.seussville.com/books/book_detail.php?isbn=9780394800295" style="background-color: white; color: #326891; font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">“Hop on Pop.”</a> What a great choice. What parent or grandparent doesn't love to remember reading this to small children and then seeing them learn to read it for themselves!<br />
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I suspect that you might find some of your favorites in this engaging list!Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-12414596108879668562015-12-16T10:56:00.002-05:002015-12-16T10:58:18.025-05:00goo goo g'joob<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-84328480614215770912015-12-12T19:52:00.000-05:002015-12-12T19:52:06.899-05:00"Ungifted" by Gordon Korman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My book club is going to discuss <i>Ungifted</i> by Gordon Korman. Though we are all adults, we're reading a YA book, so I have written some questions that seem usable by an adult discussion group. I enjoyed the book and found it very amusing. though somehow the questions seem rather serious.<br />
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You can hear it in the dead air that hangs in the classroom when the teacher
asks a question. You can smell it in the sweaty gym socks— so different from
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4.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Did you find the portrayals of the kids/teachers/administrators
excessively stereotyped? Is there balance between the predicted behavior of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the “gifted” and the “ungifted” and their
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<br />Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-35950327251734924812015-11-21T09:15:00.001-05:002015-11-21T09:15:45.967-05:00Mysterious Maps<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's a perfectly nice map of the <a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/" target="_blank">Matthaei Botanical Garden</a> near the point where you enter the woods.<br />
Note that West (Dixboro Road) is at the top.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After you have walked for a while, you find another map. They must want to mess with your head --<br />
this map is reversed from the first one. You can see that West/Dixboro Road is at the bottom.</td></tr>
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We had a very nice walk in the gardens again on a beautiful morning this week. I just wonder who designed those maps!<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-58705435321740102662015-11-08T21:01:00.000-05:002015-11-08T21:01:45.077-05:00A Quiet Botanical Garden<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the woods at <a href="http://www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/" target="_blank">Matthaei Botanical Gardens</a> this afternoon it was very quiet. The fall colors have become very subdued.<br />Only a few other people were walking in the woods.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the way home we stopped to watch the swans on the river in the very late afternoon sun.</td></tr>
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<br />Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-61045674716986147622015-10-22T19:29:00.001-04:002015-10-22T19:29:15.581-04:00Roger the Owl<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/len2000/21772395694/in/photostream/" title="roger_the_owl 2"><img alt="roger_the_owl 2" height="479" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5694/21772395694_5f3b1316ac_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script>
Len's photo of a screech owl named Roger, from this morning. This link to Flickr allows you to see all his recent nature photos.Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-24190631973197736452015-10-21T11:02:00.001-04:002015-10-21T11:02:11.463-04:00Trip East, 2015<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/12003515@N05/albums/72157659738138448" title="Longwood Gardens"><img alt="Longwood Gardens" height="333" src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5702/22173371129_5e87e8b8eb.jpg" width="500" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js"></script><br />
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We recently traveled to Fairfax, Cape May, Philadelphia, and Lancaster, PA. One highlight was visiting Longwood Gardens with Arny and Tracy, as documented on Flickr. Here's a photo from Longwood: Tracy taking a photo, Arny looking around, and Lenny looking towards the camera:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bald Eagle on the beach at Cape May.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heron fishing at Lake Lily near the lighthouse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the Ferry between Delaware and Cape May, New Jersey. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape May lighthouse, early morning light.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cape May lighthouse, full afternoon sun. </td></tr>
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-1327611520664953902015-10-15T13:59:00.002-04:002015-10-15T13:59:33.884-04:00Birders, butterflies, and boats<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset on the first of our several guided birdwalks in Cape May, NJ.<br />
It's the season for bird migration here, and therefore birder season.<br />
Yesterday I posted a few photos of our visit here. This post adds a few more.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early morning: looking for a rare Bell's Vireo. The bushes were swarming with little birds that had been flying over<br />
the water at dawn, and then came in to wait for another night of migration. Around 50 birders were watching the birds.<br />
More than 100 were watching for hawks and eagles overhead at the Hawkwatch Tower around 4 miles from this location.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near the Hawkwatch platform:<br />
A non-native black swan. Someone brought it from Australia or New Zealand,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monarch butterflies are also in migration. Like the birds they fly down the New Jersey peninsula and then wait for<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tree swallows in large numbers were circling around and also resting on the beach and on fences yesterday before continuing their flight.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the beach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "Osprey" -- the birdwatching cruise boat that we took yesterday.</td></tr>
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-46933108020821056922015-10-03T19:06:00.004-04:002015-10-03T19:18:12.377-04:00"Murder at Mt. Fuji"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Murder at Mt. Fuji" by Shizuko Natsuki is an extremely well-plotted detective story with a surprise ending. If you think about that statement, it will become obvious that spoilers would be required in any discussion about how the author creates one impression after another in the mind of the reader, only to reveal new plot twists, new clues, new relationships, and new motives.<br />
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Let's just say that the first 75 pages provide a detailed description of murder and cover-up at the mountain home of a very wealthy Japanese family where they are spending their New Year holiday. The role of one westerner, a student of Japanese literature visiting the family, provides a way for the Japanese author to explain some of the customs and family dynamics. And you, reader, think you know everything -- at first.<br />
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The police come and go as they investigate clues in this typical country house mystery atmosphere. Western-style mystery details combine quite interestingly with Japanese family, business, police-suspect-victim, and master-servant relationships. And in the background, day and night, seen through every window of the beautiful villa, is Mt. Fuji, looming alternately over severe winter storms and gentle winter sunshine.<br />
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A fun read!Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-23275501946750607602015-09-28T11:18:00.001-04:002015-09-28T11:18:48.515-04:00A World of Detective FictionI love to read detective fiction, and I've been looking recently for good lists of writers that I haven't read yet. One theme I love is food in detective fiction, which I've been exploring for years <a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com/search/label/Food%20in%20Detective%20Fiction" target="_blank">on my food blog.</a> But I really love a good mystery story even if the detective never stops for a single snack.<br />
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Today I discovered a web page dedicated to detective fiction. It's enormous in scope, and was entirely written by G.J. Demko (1933-2014), "a professor at Dartmouth College and a devotee of the mystery genre." Demko was "especially interested in the settings of mysteries - the geography or the locus operandi - of crime fiction." His essays on mystery stories set in many foreign lands are incredible! (I'm really late to this party! But I plan to catch up.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introductory image of G.J. Demko's blog: <a href="https://www.dartmouth.edu/~gjdemko/" target="_blank">to enter go here</a>.</td></tr>
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I've been thinking about reading more Japanese literature for the<a href="http://japaneselitchallenge9.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> year long Japanese Literature Challenge</a>. Demko's discussion of the history of Japanese detective fiction offers me a wonderful set of possibilities! Here are some of them:<br />
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"Another early writer, Seishi Yokomizo, wrote a number of mysteries with ghostly themes (a not uncommon characteristic of Japanese popular literature in general) including <i>Murders at the Inn</i>, Honjin in 1947 and <i>The Village of Eight Tombs</i> in 1950. The most remarkable and popular writer of the early post-war years, however, was Seicho Matsumoto, a very talented master of the puzzle type mystery. He was also very sensitive to settings and excellent at character development. He is credited with elevating the mystery out of the haunted house and away from the grotesque. His 1957 novel, <i>Points and Lines</i> (John Morton Publishers, London, 1979) starts with an ostensible double suicide that Matsumoto's detective, with great patience and persistence, finally proves is a double murder most heinous. Matsumoto's novel, <i>Inspector Imanishi Investigates</i> (Soho Press, N.Y., 1989) is my favorite in which a dogged and ordinary policeman tracks down a murderer by tracing the origin of a regional Japanese dialect. A collection of his short stories is also available in "The Voice and other Stories" (Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1995). Matsumoto's work provides a wonderful window on Japanese culture." (<a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gjdemko/japan.htm" target="_blank">Mysteries in the Land of the Rising Sun</a>, web page by Demko)</blockquote>
I've just bought <i>Inspector Imanishi Investigates</i> and plan to start reading today!
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-13811398958975278342015-08-31T15:36:00.001-04:002015-08-31T15:36:06.285-04:00"Dora Bruder" by Patrick Modiano<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the accommodation block at Drancy with French gendarme on guard<br />
<i>-- from Wikipedia article "Drancy internment camp.</i>"</td></tr>
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Memory and forgetting are the topics of the book <i>Dora Bruder</i> by recent Nobelist Patrick Modiano. Dora Bruder, born in 1926, ran away and disappeared from her Catholic school, disappeared from her family, disappeared finally into transit camps in France and then into the Holocaust, eventually disappeared from the memories of possible schoolmates, of possible teachers, of anyone possible at all. <div>
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Years after the war ended, Modiano had seen a Paris newspaper ad from 1941 asking for news of Dora. She had run away from her school; he became curious and over a period of years, he tried to find out about her life as a Jewish child, a French citizen, daughter of an Austrian-Jewish man and a Hungarian-Jewish woman living legally in a hotel on a particular street in Paris. He searched for information about her life as a runaway or about her life as a child perhaps being hidden by nuns in a Catholic school. He searched for people that had known her, but finds only people whose experiences were simultaneous and parallel.</div>
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As Modiano searched, we learn from the book, he visited the streets where she lived and walked, streets already familiar to him because he'd lived his life in the same neighborhood. Exact locations in Paris are so important that one needs Paris street maps. Two small maps, along with a few photos of Dora, illustrate the book.<div>
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Modiano, who was born in 1945, writes of his own life -- in safer times -- as he writes about his effort to reconstruct the life of Dora Bruder. She's gone, he finds: disappeared. Of course the idea is that a vast community of lives were not only lost, but their memories completely erased; vast numbers of people disappeared as did this one in particular. </div>
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In writing, Modiano manages to make this point with discretion and subtlety, without being melodramatic. He matter-of-factly describes his search for information about Dora and where she had run to, and where she ended up. He forces the reader to ask the hard questions.</div>
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Here's an example. Modiano describes a film, a trivial film, titled <i>Premier rendez-vous</i> that showed in Paris in 1941: "a harmless comedy." He had seen the film decades later. Had Dora seen it? He wondered. The film seemed to have a "peculiar luminosity... Every image seemed veiled in an arctic whiteness that accentuated the contrasts and sometimes obliterated them. The lighting was at once too bright and too dim, either stifling the voices or making their timbre louder, more disturbing." (p. 65)</div>
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"Suddenly, I realized that this film was impregnated with the gaze of moviegoers from the time of the Occupation -- people from all walks of life, most of whom would not have survived the war.They had been taken out of themselves after having seen this film one Saturday night, their night out. While it lasted, you forgot the war and the menacing world outside. Huddled together in the dark of a cinema, you were caught up in the flow of images on the screen, and nothing more could happen to you. And by some kind of chemical process, this combined gaze had materially altered the actual film, the lighting, the voices of the actors. This is what I had sensed, thinking of Dora Bruder and faced with the ostemsibly trival images of <i>Premier rendez-vous</i>." (p. 66)</blockquote>
Obviously reading this book is an extremely painful experience, and obviously it must have been even more painful to write. With the world today full of refugees, full of death as they try to find anywhere that they can live, it's even more painful than when Modiano wrote it around 20 years ago. Painful. Impossible.<br />
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"I shall never know how she spent her days, where she hid, in whose company she passed the winter months of her first escape, or the few weeks of spring when seh escaped for the second time. That is her secret. A poor and precious secret that not even the executioners, the decrees, the occupying authorities, the Depot, the barracks, the camps, History, time -- everything that defiles and destroys you -- have been able to take away from her." (p. 119)</blockquote>
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-18545229483213056222015-08-29T12:53:00.003-04:002015-08-29T12:53:53.680-04:00"The Wild Geese" by Ogai Mori<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Red Gate of Tokyo University, not far from the campus guest house where we stayed in 2011.</td></tr>
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<i>The Wild Geese,</i> a short novel by Ogai Mori, takes place in locations near the medical campus of Tokyo University in 1880. The main character, Okada, a medical student, often takes walks around this campus. Thus there are references and sometimes descriptions of the local landmarks and neighborhoods.<br />
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"Okada had regular routes for his daily walks. He would go down the lonely slope caled Muenzaka and travel north along Shinobazu Pond. Then he would stroll up the hill in Ueno Park. Next he went down to Hirokoji ... he would go through the compound of Yushima Shrine...after passing the gloomy Karatachi Temple. ... There was another route. he occasionally entered the university campus by the exit used by the patients of the hospital attached to the medical school because the Iron Gate was closed early. Going through the Red Gate, he would proceed along Hongo-dori..." (p. 15)</blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Shrine or Temple near Tokyo University Medical school, 2011.</td></tr>
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My husband attended a conference on this campus in December, 2011. We stayed in a guest house owned by the medical school. As I read the story, my mind flooded with vague images from my own walks in that neighborhood. The old narrow streets, rickshaws, and various types of traditional houses have mainly disappeared, but my memories include an amazing number of city features from Mori's story.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the ponds on the way from the Tokyo University campus to Ueno Park.</td></tr>
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While the medical student, Okada, is the central character of <i>The Wild Geese</i> in one sense, the majority of the story is background, a description of the life of a woman named Otama that Okada catches a glimpse of one day on a walk. Throughout most of the novel, the reader must hold the student and his interest in Otama in mind while learning about the woman, a kept mistress; about her father, a down-on-his-luck widower; about the usurer who buys Otama; about the way the usurer treats his wife; and to some extent the story of the students who borrow money from the usurer.<br />
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Finally, the story gets back to the relationship of Okada and Otama. I'm not going to tell how it ends, because that would spoil it if you decide to read it. I'll just say that it's a beautifully built-up story with a really interesting ending, and a very enjoyable read about Old Tokyo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A traditional restaurant in Tokyo, 2011.</td></tr>
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Ogai Mori (1862-1922) published <i>The Wild Geese</i> serially from 1911 to 1913. He had studied Western Medicine at the Tokyo University medical school, and had lived in Europe while continuing his studies. </div>
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I was inspired to read this book by a blogging event titled "<a href="http://japaneselitchallenge9.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Japanese Literature Challenge 9.</a>"<br />
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-62699618612667052972015-07-16T15:53:00.000-04:002015-07-16T15:53:27.942-04:00Art Fair 2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-57210073439980327312015-07-11T17:43:00.001-04:002015-07-11T17:43:29.019-04:00Mosquito Walk<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Summer in Michigan: We tried a bird walk this morning, but all we saw were two robins and thousands of mosquitos. <div>
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Mae Travelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26954600.post-23432220662982669992015-07-01T07:27:00.000-04:002017-10-27T16:18:11.566-04:00Wrap up on Svalbard: Where were we?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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-- Map from "<a href="http://www.vacationstogo.com/cruise_port/Longyearbyen__Spitsbergen__Norway.cfm" target="_blank">Vacations to Go</a>."</div>
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I found that maps centered on the North Pole gave me the best appreciation of how far north we were on our trip to the Svalbard Archipelago. You can see from this map that we were up at the latitude of northern Greenland, a three-hour plane trip from Oslo, and further north than Siberia. Our highest latitude was 80º 20' around 600 miles from the North Pole.<br />
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The only permanent settlement on Svalbard is Longearbyen, a coal-mining town as well as a tourist destination, which is called out on the map. We toured this small town, population around 2000, on the first and last days of the trip. For a week the National Geographic Explorer was our home, as we made our way to a number of landing points and sightseeing points in search of wildlife and beautiful Northern views. The sun never set during this entire voyage.<br />
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Here are links to documentation about our wonderful trip:<br />
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<li>For Len's wildlife photos on Flickr, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/len2000/sets/72157653972158979" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>.</li>
<li>For all my posts about our Norway trip on this blog, including this one, <a href="http://maetravels.blogspot.com/search/label/Norway%202015" target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></li>
<li>For my food blog posts about Norway, <a href="http://maefood.blogspot.com/search/label/Norway%202015" target="_blank">CLICK HERE.</a></li>
<li>For the Lindblad Expeditions daily trip reports, <a href="http://www.expeditions.com/daily-expedition-reports/177854/arctic/" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>. (You will see the first post and can continue to go through them.)</li>
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<b>On the National Geographic Explorer: June 18-24, 2015:</b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridge of the Explorer seen from the bow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fogbow, sometimes called a white rainbow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Near-midnight sun seen from the bridge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Explorer in port at Longyearbyen before our expedition began.</td></tr>
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