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Новости за 19.12.2024

Splice Today 

Life Without a Smartphone

I don’t own a smartphone. Never have. My friends and family don’t understand. They call me a luddite, a troglodyte, a technophobe. I don’t care. I’ve no desire to become captive. People ask me, “Don’t you feel excluded from modern day living?” Yes, I answer. And it’s wonderful. I’m not addicted to a device. I don’t spend hours swiping, ogling, scrolling, tapping.

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Baltimore Seen From Across the Ocean

I’ve been living in France for almost 30 years, but first impressions last. Baltimore’s still a living presence for me. Admittedly, I can’t say where memory and reality coincide. I still get angry thinking about how beautiful the city was when I was a child, the Mount Vernon Place Flower Mart, city band concerts, the Christmas display in Hutzler’s window, stores everywhere downtown, lots of bookstores, McCormick’s in the Inner Harbor, and what it’s become. Maybe I’m wrong. In any case, whenever Baltimore makes the news... Читать дальше...