Category Archives: News from Louisville

Don’t Worry…We Unhappy

New research shows where the happiest and unhappiest cities in the United States are.  Unsurprisingly, at the top of the unhappiest list are places like New York City, Detroit, Pittspurgh, and, God help them, Buffalo.  But right there at “third … Continue reading

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Tour de Pork 2014

A rainy day for a bike ride, but any ride you can walk away from is a good ride.  I’d guess that at least two hundred riders showed up, but there may have been more registered, because they were very, … Continue reading

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Eat local

CVH informed me that today was “Eat Local” day, or something like that; I don’t know if this applied only to Louisville, or if it was part of a wider initiative, although it’s hard to see how a “Eat Local” … Continue reading

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Thurby…and cricket.

It’s always amazing to me how Louisville takes a two minute horse race and stretches it out into a week, sometimes two, of partying.  Yes, Indianapolis extends the 500 for an entire month, but you can see the contenders at … Continue reading

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Road trip to Indiana

The weather is warming, the sun is shining, and after a long winter, CVH was itching to take a “road trip”.  Since we couldn’t leave until after nine a.m., and had to be home by dark, it was going to … Continue reading

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Banned in 上海市

The Shen Yun dancers came to Louisville this weekend, and we attended the matinee show this afternoon.  While at a home show a couple of months ago, we were approached by some Shen Yun volunteers selling tickets.  They had the … Continue reading

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Christmas 2013

Om Mani Padme Hum I got a Tibetan Prayer Wheel for Christmas (we promote an interfaith dialogue at our house during the holiday season).  It only had one mantra on it, however, which means it wasn’t terribly efficient (some wheels … Continue reading

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It’s all about the food

CVH went nuclear for Thanksgiving.

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Saturday in the Park with Dinosaurs

Salt Lake City is an example of typical American flat sprawl, but today we went to Ogden, which looks a little more like the old-timey western town that you might expect to find out here. We visited Dinosaur Park, which … Continue reading

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The Train to Salvation

Today we took the commuter train downtown.  I think the grandchildren had been on trains before, but this may be the first train ride that they will be old enough to remember.  Indeed, at times they even appeared astounded. We … Continue reading

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