Sunday, September 25

Moved

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Thank you to all who have visited my blog over the years. You can now find my writing at karengilden.substack.com. It's still free, and ...
Thursday, September 8

Death and counting

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Today, checking my phone after yoga I quickly learn two things. The first is that Queen Elizabeth died, the second that "Wildfire risk ...
Wednesday, August 17

Questions, questions

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I just finished reading The Mind in the Cave by archeologist David Lewis-Williams. It was a somewhat difficult book for me. His language is...
Sunday, July 31

Perfection

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Can it really be the end of July already? And can it really be 100 degrees in Portland today? And is this really green, rainy Oregon? There ...
Monday, July 18

WTF?

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 Dear Subscribers, If you were surprised to receive a second copy of a blog entry from April 2021 and another from July 13, 2022, you are no...
Wednesday, July 13

Awe struck

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I tested positive for Covid a week ago, probably picked up in the endless lines at the Charles de Gaulle airport. It hasn't been bad, li...
Monday, July 4

Return to reality

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Les Eyzies-de-Tayac We arrived home around 7:30 last night, exhausted from a trip that included an unexpected layover. We left Charles de Ga...
Sunday, June 26

From Les Eyzies, France

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The Palace of Fontainebleau I'm sitting in the living room of our beautiful farmhouse "gite," a rental in Périgord, south-cent...
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Tuesday, May 24

The fun of aging

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There's a lot to be said for growing older, though I can't for the moment think of an example. Perhaps it's as simple as my dad...
Friday, May 6

For want of a goddess

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The news of Alito's terrible, awful, disgusting draft decision has enraged me, as well as every woman I know. Like many of you I remembe...