Carnivale–Right Next Door

Carnivale continues. Yesterday was Fat Sunday. As a small-town guy raised Protestant, I grew up thinking a carnival (“a carnival,” not “carnival”) was 3-4 trucks that came to town, driven by ruffians who set up a Ferris Wheel, the Tilt-a-Whirl, a House of Mirrors, and a few games like Ring Toss, Milk Bottle Pyramid, and…More

Intermittent Feasting–and a welcome carbonara

Fat rats. Research focused on them suggests there may be something to intermittent fasting. So says Monique Tello in Harvard Medical Publishing.  Good, I think. Because this morning I feel like a fat rat. My wife and I are in our fifth and final week in Italy.  Around this time in our stay, a kind…More