Archive - Carpetblogger

More or Less Cowbell

Jun 3 •

April 2025

Not my first slug rodeo

Apr 29 •

Carpetblogger is become death, destroyer of Cervid worlds

Astute readers will recall that the roe-deer population — whether alive or dead — of my holler in the Ligurian Alps of Italy occupies mental real estate…

Apr 19 •

March 2025

February 2025

Genova's Witness

I bought a small piece of land in the mountains between France and Italy last summer.

Feb 16 •

November 2024

How to Thanksgiving

Lessons Learned from 20 years of Thanksgivings Abroad

Nov 22, 2024 •

August 2024

A Gold Medal in the Attention Olympics

Attention is a limited resource. So much is not worthy of attention that it can be hard to recognize when something is. What should we look at? What…

Aug 11, 2024 •

April 2023

Death of the Euro-Remont

Thirty years on, it’s getting increasingly difficult to find visual evidence of the Soviets. That's a good thing.

Apr 14, 2023 •

September 2021

A New Relationship

Our bodies are banana shaped now

Sep 6, 2021 •

August 2021

30 Years Later: A Failed Coup

I miss everything

Aug 19, 2021 •

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