#Baking #bread is kind of taking over my life. I’m not ready to join the sourdough starter crowd just yet but it’s merely a matter of time…

Reading A Drop of the Hard Stuff by #LawrenceBlock makes me miss NYC, but that may be because I always miss NYC #Booksky 📚

#Munch alert!

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When you live in #Venice, admitting you’ve only read a couple of #DonnaLeon crime novels may be even more embarrassing than reading one in public… I’m trying to fill the gaps in my #CommissarioBrunetti education with Death in a Strange Country #ReadingVenice #Booksky 📚

During a vela al terzo (Venetian sailing) outing today, I spotted this altar in the lagoon #Venice #Venezia

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Sprinting to the #library to return this pile – novels by #LallaRomano (a revelation!), #LawrenceSterne (dazzling) & #DonnaLeon, and #MarkKurlansky ‘s absolutely fascinating history of salt

Doesn’t this sunset look like it’s trolling J.M.W. Tuner? #Venice #Venezia

On smaller boats there are removable keels but also retractable. There's a boat (log canoe) that used to be used for fishing but now for racing. They use a retractable centerboard. A pretty interesting rig as well though today they have massive sails so capsize easily.

One of my great grandmothers immigrated from Italy to Uruguay so I’m excited to attend a conference about Italian women who emigrated to Latin America, hosted by the Ateneo Veneto in #Venice.

Every time I meet a very large #cat I start hoping I just stepped into The Master & Margarita by #Bulgakov…

Lesson 2 of my #velaalterzo (Venetian #sailing) course! #Venice #Venezia

It was hard not to eat them all in one sitting! #plums

Some people live their bliss and enrich everyone and everything around them. Goodall was such a soul. RIP.

Sometimes the only thing I can focus on is a crime novel – so I picked up Don Winslow’s #CityInRuins #Booksky 📚

I started a Venetian sailing (vela al terzo) course! #Venice #Venezia

Making my way back from the Santa Marta #farmersmarket with a basketful of produce, including #apples from the new harvest. I can’t wait for their walnuts – expected at the end of October. #Venice #Venezia

I can’t remember which one of you brilliant #Booksky people recommended #LallaRomano… In La penombra che abbiamo attraversato, she remembers her childhood – it’s all vivid details and stirring insights. I want to read more books by her now 📚

Urgently paging Mr. #Tiepolo!

On the road - overnight stop in #Lyon involved #CôtesduRhône Saint Joseph red wine (I’m not driving!) and heart-shaped goat cheese from the market

I thought Italians had banned #coffee in plastic cups long ago… To make matters worse I mistakenly got a sweetened one. Reader, I drank it. (Yes it was foul.)

One should always listen to @sparrowpost.bsky.social – I read The Enchanted April by #ElizabethvonArmin based on her enthusiastic recommendation and it was just what I needed #Booksky 📚

I’d never met anyone who’d read so much as my (non-biological) uncle Yves. His energy and appetite were the stuff of legends – yet he died this morning , unexpectedly and unbelievably. I’m having a glass of red wine over a book as a tribute to him.

When you come back home after weeks away and you’ve got mail…

Every #September11 I wear my ancient I ❤️ NY t-shirt. PS: I love #NYC the other 364 days of the year too

My mom and my sister went to Finland and they brought me back some #licorice – including this #Moomin package!

In addition to being tremendously engaging, David Hewson’s crime novels allow you to learn a lot about the history of #Venice. I’m currently enjoying #TheBorgiaPortrait… #ReadingVenice #Booksy 📚 @davidhewson.com

The departure of one of the most spectacular races in the #RegataStorica – the powerful 6-oar caorlina #Venezia #Venice

I brought back some fresh #mint from the farmers’ market. I’m not sure how to use the flowers… Suggestions?

Ahead of Sunday’s all-important #RegataStorica, the participating gondole and athletes received a blessing outside Santa Maria della Salute yesterday #Venezia #Venice

I made it back home!

Unpopular opinion – #flying is absolutely magical (if your luggage doesn’t get lost, your neighbor doesn’t spend the flight coughing their lungs out, no one jams their knees in your back, no one brought a fast food meal on board etc.)

More #comfortread, more #DorothyWhipple – Young Anne is not my favorite of her novels but it will do for a relaxed reread on planes and in airports today… 📚 #Booksky

As a non #vegan (I’m a vegetarian) I’m tend to be skeptical of #veganbaking, but these #banana #oatmeal raisin #cookies never fail to disappoint…

#DorothyWhipple is my comfort read – absolutely engaging, often hilarious, filled with psychological insights. I’m rereading The Priory.

Did I miss #Caturday? Say it ain’t so! #CatsofBluesky

…And welcomes little fishes in With gently smiling jaws (#LewisCarroll)

Beach book – #DombeyAndSon by #Dickens

Happy Ukraine Independence Day 💙💛✨

According to Newton’s law of motion, two #kittens cannot look into the camera at the same time #CatsofBluesky

For reasons beyond my understanding, #Weebly deleted the site about #books and #Venice I had been working on for over a year. Their “support” team is unresponsive. I’m a little crushed. #ReadingVenice

“Wait, I thought every day was #Caturday!”

A neighbor asked for help managing (i.e., eating) her bumper crop of #grapes…

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

The bus ride to #Tivat is all #blue, all blue

Sunday morning

Swirl ponders her balance beam routine #Caturday

Dawn