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Slow Tourism in Peru

John & Tema in the Stone Forest, Peru

We've been to Peru for two long stays now, and are tempted to do a third! (Also, a detailed description of hiking Peru's Colca Canyon.)

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  • Tema
  • June 11, 2025
  • Books & Writing, History & Politics

Book Review: Red Sky at Noon, by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Book cover: Red Sky at Noon, by Simon Sebag Montefiore

What happens when a scrawny Jewish intellectual political prisoner is offered an escape from the Stalinist Gulag in exchange for fighting against the Nazis. It's a wild ride!

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  • Tema
  • June 10, 2025
  • Books & Writing

Book Review – The Goddess of Warsaw, by Lisa Barr

book cover of The Goddess of Warsaw, by Lisa Barr

From the brutality of the Warsaw Ghetto to Hollywood stardom, this story has quite the character arc!

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  • Tema
  • June 9, 2025
  • Travel

There’s More to Chile Than Patagonia

Tema and DH (Darling Hubby) in the Atacama Desert, Chile

Our time in Latin America is almost done. Here's part 1 of a recap of the three months. This part focuses on Chile.

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  • Tema
  • April 9, 2025
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: A Great Country

Cover of book, "A Great Country" by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

As we watch the increasing demonization of immigrants in America, books like this one become ever-more important.

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  • Tema
  • March 31, 2025
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: The Good Women of Safe Harbour, by Bobbi French

book cover: The Good Women of Safe Harbour, by Bobbi French

A startlingly uplifting book about bad life decisions and death. Perhaps most importantly, it's about the power of friendship.

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  • Tema
  • March 15, 2025
  • Travel

Dining & Cycling in Chile’s Colchagua Valley

Beautiful scenery and great food in the Colchaguaga Valley, Chile

There's plenty of great wine to sample in Chile's Colchagua Valley, and visiting the wineries by bike is a wonderful way to do it.

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  • Tema
  • March 2, 2025
  • 1 Comment
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: Long Island, by Colm Tóibín

cover of Long Island, by Colm Toibin (audiobook version)

If you love intimate stories with complex characters struggling with difficult decisions, you'll enjoy this novel!

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  • Tema
  • January 22, 2025
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton

book cover of Boy Swallows Universe, by Trent Dalton

A wonderful mixture of humour and tragedy in this brilliant Australian coming-of-age tale. Highly recommended!

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  • Tema
  • January 15, 2025
  • Books & Writing

Book Review: A Day of Fire – A Novel of Pompeii

Book cover of A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii, by by Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Ben Kane, Sophie Perinot, Vicky Alvear Shecter

A powerful imagining of what it was like to live through the real-world apocalypse when Mount Vesuvius erupted and wiped out Pompeii in AD 79.

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  • Tema
  • December 12, 2024
  • Books & Writing, History & Politics

Historical Research Rabbit Holes

Great-grandaughter of Borukh/Bennie/Boris/etc.

It is so hard for historical novelists to stay out of research rabbit holes. But they can be so fascinating!

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  • Tema
  • December 3, 2024
  • Books & Writing

Book Review – The Smallest Man, by Frances Quinn

Book cover: The Smallest Man, by Frances Quinn

A page-turning story of a midget who was gifted to a lonely queen in 1600s England.

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  • Tema
  • December 1, 2024
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