Tours Uniworld Milan to Istanbul, including 7-day Po River cruise (start and end in Venice) and 6-day private train Venice to Istanbul. Venice Carnival Venice Carnival in 2022 runs February 12 through March 1. The last weekend of Carnival, Fat Thursday to Shrove Tuesday, is the busiest and best time to attend. Carnivaland. Tripadvisor. Artisanal…
Author: Penelope Gordon
Yosemite
Three days in John Muir’s footsteps in Yosemite. Yosemite through three lenses at the Society of California Pioneers, 2023 February – June. Horsetail Fall firefall in February at sunset in the right conditions. Get entrance reservations in advance. Yosemite Firefall Express shuttles daytrippers into Yosemite to view the firefall without reservations (but a $100 shuttle…
Books to Read
Bios Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dot, the World’s First Female Sports Superstar by Sasha Abramsky. The Divine Miss Marble: A Life of Tennis, Fame, and Mystery by Robert Weintraub Dutton.
DC Sightseeing
Start at Union StationLibrary of Congress 8:30am – 4:30pm Tu – Sa https://www.loc.gov/visit/Renwick Gallery 10am – 5:30pm daily https://americanart.si.edu/visit/renwickNational Gallery of Art 10am – 5pm M – Sa 11am – 6pm Su https://www.nga.gov/visit.htmlPostal Museum 10am – 5:30pm https://postalmuseum.si.edu/visit/index.html Louisiana & D St NW; X1 bus Foggy Bottom Station, 9 stops, Constitution Ave NW & 12th…
Bay Area Gardening
Master Gardeners of Alameda County Asian Vegetables Mizuna Mustard Komatsuna (Spinach Mustard) Loose Leaf Chinese Cabbage var. Beka Santoh Thai Red Stem Basil Lemongrass
Videos at Home
Streaming Services Race Art Frida Kahlo COVID-19 Related Food Nature Travel Bio To Watch
The Old Country
The Dnieper–Bug Canal flows east from Brest in southwestern Belarus, just over the border from Poland and less than 50 km north of Ukraine, through Kobryn, to The Pina (river). In Pinsk, The Pina runs into the Prypiat (river). The Prypiat starts at the northwestern corner of Ukraine, crosses north over the border into Belarus…
Name Notes
Jewish Names ben Reb – title of respect, as in ‘Reb Yeshea ben Simca Pinkhaus’. Ida Molly Goldsholl Surname There are many variations of ‘Goldsholl’. Goldshol Goldsholl Goldsholle Goldshur
Genealogy Tools
Jewish Genealogy Yad Vashem – Records of victims of the Shoah (WWII Holocaust). See ‘Hall of Names’ and search on a surname such as ‘Goldshol’. JewishGen Communities and JewishGen Gazetteer – powered by Ancestry.com. It’s easier to use an external search engine for an initial hit (ex. ‘prypiat’) and then follow the related links provided….
Cocoa Care 2020
2020 June – A course of Marbofloxacin (1/2 tablet per day for six days) appears to have stopped the sneezing fits.