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My wife and I went to our first condominium meeting this week, which was somewhat titillating. Though the stakes are small, all things considered, the seriousness and energy our neighbours brought to the table was invigorating. We hope to propose a more organized rubbish system (which includes horticultural accoutrements) for the common space at the upcoming meeting in September:

We also found a free, air-conditioned, and ambiently quiet workspace a stone’s throw from our apartment in (of course) the foyer of a bank. It’s nice to have this somewhere to go when home becomes that little bit too overwhelmingly regular.

I visited the Archivio Tipografico, and went to see an exhibition on the archaeology of Palestine at the Fondazione Merz. I also got caught in a small summer storm at the tail end of a gravel ride, causing a slide-out on a downhill from which I sustained minor injuries (scrapes on my right thigh and elbow):