ROBERT TOWNSEND

a series of life story posts

Nighttime waterfront with boats and cozy indoor seating area.
17 Nov

Arriving in Rovinj, Croatia, November 2013,

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Travel Notes Collage, Rovinj Patrice and I have settled in  Rovinj, Croatia, until at least 15 April 2014.  The first apartment we rented (12th century plague house)...
Book cover of 'The Star of Istanbul' by Robert Olen Butler featuring a woman on a couch.
12 Nov

Book Review, Hot Country and The Star of Istanbul by Robert Olen Butler:

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While traveling these last two weeks via Istanbul, Venice and Trieste to Rovinj, Croatia I have been rereading Robert Olen Butler's Christopher Marlowe Cobb novel,  Hot Country  and its follow-on,...
Coastal town with colorful buildings and a tall bell tower at sunset.
07 Nov

Arriving Rovinj

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Patrice reported our travels from the United States through Venice here and here. We stayed in Venice five days.  Venice, even stormy, flooded and windswept, was charming, warm and inviting....
People relaxing by the lakeside with colorful chairs and a dock in the background.
28 Oct

Leaving Madison

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We are leaving Madison.  Tonight we board Turkish Airlines flight 6 for Istanbul, Turkey, thence to Venice for a few days and onto Rovinj, Croatia. (more…)
Snow-dusted rocky mountain peaks under a clear blue sky.
10 Oct

Leaving Boulder

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Flatirons, Boulder, Colorado Tomorrow, the Rocky Mountains eastern slope and the Boulder, Colorado, Flatirons, disappears.  I am glancing over my task list, which in the nature of task...
People relaxing by the lakeside with colorful chairs and a dock in the background.
16 Jul

Ледоход (Spirit Falls in Russian)

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Ледоход   Spirit Falls - Ледоход My long time, Merrill, Wisconsin, friend Serge Kotlar has been translating my Cold War inter-connected series of novels into Russian.  The...
Three people in 1920s-style outfits posing
14 Jul

2nd Installment: The Wisconsin Stories

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Patrice publishes her first story: Burial Burial As was Bereft, our previous short story publication, Burial will be offered free on Amazon.com for the five days (20-24 July 2013)...
Coastal town with historic buildings and a tall bell tower.
09 May

Куда? Whither?

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Оn 31 May Patrice and I are leaving our Madison apartment and on 31 July we are leave Madison. Patrice will teach Rolfing (August-September-October 2013) in Boulder, Colorado. While Patrice...
A weathered tree trunk carved into a humanoid figure outdoors.
03 Nov

California Zephyr to San Francisco,

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James R.C. Cook, Khorat RTAFB, Thailand, 1970 Robert Townsend, Grand Junction, Co, 19 October 2012 Patrice and I traveled the California Zephyr...
Baseball player in a red uniform ready to bat.
12 Jun

Publisher and Writer – Landowner and Serf

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  Cardinals Curt Flood 1968 I've spent a great deal of time composing this blog because I am writing a scene, time frame 1961, in which two young men, Rick...

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