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In fact this was the extraordinary price – worth 2,500 florins (about $1,000) at the time – that one man paid for a single tulip bulb in Holland in the 1630’s. Even higher sums than that changed hands at the height of what has come to be known as “Tulipomania” – a range for trading in tulip bulbs that swept the nation between 1634 and 1637…How did such an extraordinary state of affairs come to be?

Taking Venice as his theme, Kessler flooded the courtyard of the hotel with water dyed blue to resemble the sea. Magnificent painted backdrops provided the setting, and the entire scene was illuminated by 400 Venetian lamps. His two dozen guests sat inside a huge silk lined gondola bobbing on the “canal,” surrounded by 12,000 carnations and an enormous number of roses. They are food prepared by 15 master chefs and served by waiters dressed as gondoliers.

A born actor, Arnaud had little difficulty in convincing the villagers that he was Martin. How did he fool Bertrande? How could a wife not know that the man she was living with was an impostor? Or did she know?

What do you think when you do an exam? Half the time, it’s not about the exam at all…

As we travel more and more miles, natural deterioration is inevitable.

What are the words that jump out at you? What do you see when you flick through the pages of a book?

Let’s talk about school.

Can you take a pic of Yourself?

Valentine dinner and date ideas.

When I was young, I used to walk through cemeteries with my journal and camera. I have found out recently that there is actually a name for this activity….it is called Graving.