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Milano in Retrospect: Happy Memories

March 12, 2026 By Guy St. Clair

As an experiment, I am publishing links to a group of separate earlier posts in a single post. Hopefully, readers will have easier access multiple posts on a single subject, in this case, the wonderful city of Milan (Milano). Of course the WordPress “Search this website” does a good job, but readers tell me it …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, History, Music, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Berner (Andrew), Jefferson (Thomas), Kitt (Sandra), La Scala, LaBiblioteca Ambrosisiana, Milan, Milano, Raphael, School of Athens, Teatro all Scala, University of Virginia, UVA, Virginia (University of)

9/11

September 11, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

As this day of limited national mourning comes to an end, I am reminded of something I bring out sometimes. Not every year on September 11, but often, because I need to find some sort of strength in what we – as a nation – experienced nineteen years ago. And this year I choose to …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: 2001 (September 11), Faulkner (William), Nobel Prize for Literature (1950), Virginia (University of)

Thinking about Optimism: Charlottesville and UVA One Year Later

August 12, 2018 By Guy St. Clair

While it might be a little hard to envision at the moment, as we try to figure out what’s going on both in the United States and internationally, there is a place for optimism as we think about where we are as a society. And this is an appropriate time, too. Just this past week-end …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: Charlottesville (Virginia), Gordon-Reed (Annette), Jefferson (Thomas), Ryan (James E.), UVA, Virginia (University of)

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