Honey on your black-eyed peas

  Black-eyed peas are one of  the four common dried beans and peas here in Girona, Catalonia, Spain, the other three being lentils, chickpeas and alubias (white beans). Because I…

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10 ways to love 2-6 month stays away

Life has brought me many, many trips away from home–well over thirty on last count–in Europe, the United States, Australia and Latin America.  We have done this as academics, on…

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Passage to Catalonia

Our third day in our apartment in Girona in the northeastern tip of Spain where we’ll be working for the next couple of months. And given that it’s a small…

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