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Don’t Worry. Bee Happy.
Where a wandering writer, who has some pages to fill, can look forward to a genuine hive of activity. Continue reading
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Destination: England
How I Came to Embed in a Small Picturesque North Yorkshire Village. Continue reading
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One Has Arrived
Fitting into life in a small picturesque North Yorkshire village, imagined as something of a Royal Undertaking. Continue reading
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Arrivederci, Roma!
Time to say “Ci vediamo, or We will absolutely be seeing each other again, at which time I will definitely have worked on my future-tense Italian verbs” to Rome. Continue reading
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Writers’ Retreat Pt. 3: At Last, A Muse!
I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the inspiration for the work I completed at the Artisa Writers’ Retreat in Italy, during the two lovely weeks I spent there in May. Continue reading
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Writers’ Retreat Pt. 2: A Highlight Reel in Words
You packed your laptop, some comfy writing loungewear, a swimsuit, and pajamas, and you biked across Italy to the Artisa Writers’ Retreat. Now it’s time to get to work. Continue reading
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A Bike Nerd’s Detailed Guide to Bike Touring
More than you could ever want to know? No, much more than that. Continue reading
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The Crayonava Chronicles
How one middle-aged lady laughed in the face of pandemic lockdown isolation, armed only with a bicycle and a fistful of crayons. Continue reading
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In Which I Reach My Destination!
I reached my destination and was so happy. Also: whew. Continue reading
Huckleberries and Hamburgers, coming soon
Welcome to my blog, Where No Mangoes!
This blog began as a record of my sabbatical from teaching in 2024: a comic travelogue of an 8.5-month break from teaching at Temple University for travel and work on my new book on satire. It was a satire-batical.
Now the blog is back in action, as I am abroad again to teach at Temple University in Japan’s newly opened campus in Kyoto. The second iteration is here: Where No Mangoes: Kyoto.
To navigate around this blog, here are the Sections. In addition to the semi-regular blog posts listed a bit below, which you can subscribe to, there’s also:
The About Page –About the author
Travel Log – Where I stayed
Extras To Read All About 2025 – The Above and Beyond regarding Japan 2025, and into 26
Extras To Read All About 2024 – Stuff that didn’t end up in a post in my 2024 blogs
Index to Posts: Hawaii, S Korea, China, Italy, England – Jump to 2024 posts by country.
Now with navigation to the next or previous post because I finally found those buttons!
By the way, your comments are really appreciated! Once you have typed them into the Comments box, I have to click to approve them, and that sometimes takes a little time.
It’s as close as we can achieve here to a real bureaucracy.
– Amy L. Friedman, your host
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