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• The Beer Harvest The first time I have been to Valtellina was at the end of last year’s harvest season with three Italians, my other half and a couple of friends from the region. After running the […]
• Make-Your-Own Condoms   Not long after the Renaissance doctor Gabriello Fallopio invented a silk prototype for the condom in 1564 (see "Columbus Discovers the Clitoris"), European […]
• The Power of a Stare     The smell of molten glass was sweet and deceptively inviting. I was crouching near four artisans who […]