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A Small Hotel in Florenceย 

Steven Peterson

Two twin-like English sisters ran the place.ย When we checked in, one asked, โ€œIs it the case . . .?โ€ย The other finished, โ€œItโ€™s your honeymoon?โ€ ย  ย It was. They handed...

All Bright Things

Steven Peterson

At Chartres, we see the stained glass windows slumpfrom centuries of gravity, becomingthicker glass at bottom than the top,like waterfalls of slow and liquid sand. In Athens, temples, sculpture,...