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Elaine Calder

@calderbennett.bsky.social

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Retired. Used to manage arts organizations: orchestras, theatres and an opera company, in both Canada and the US. Working on my Italian, in part by visiting Venice once or twice a year and studying at the Leonardo da Vinci Centre in Victoria, BC.

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 1h

Pretty straightforward really. Wordle 1,599 4/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 19h

As soon as you have settled on next year's dates, do please let me know!

Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 1d

One of Those for me. Wordle 1,598 5/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 1d

Helped by my first word choice. Wordle 1,597 4/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely. I'm coming back to Venice in March for a couple of weeks, and hope to return in November next year as well. Bill and I were there once in late November and it seemed a good time to visit - and that was before Venice Noir started up!

Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 2d

From a helpful starting word: Wordle 1,597 4/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 2d

If I lived in NY I'd really want to believe he can deliver on his many promises. He can't. Not all of them are within his authority to do so. But I'd vote for him anyway, hoping he can bring at least some improvement to the lives of many people in the city.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 2d

If I lived in NY I'd love to think he could deliver on all his promises. But I'd vote for him and hope he can bring some measure of improvement to life in the city.

Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 2d

I'm in Montréal for the month and my essentially transactional French is working fine. But it's been decades since I lived here and it doesn't come as instinctively as Italian does now, so I'm using far too many "permesso"s and "grazie"s. I remain in awe of people who speak many languages fluently.

Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 2d

I can guess your fifth line because I decided not to try it. If I had, this would be 6/6 as well. Wordle 1,596 5/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 3d

I got really lucky at line 4, or I'd be out too. Wordle 1,595 5/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 3d

I'm staying in the McGill student ghetto in Montreal, and not only is it Hallowe'en, but there's a game in Toronto tonight which could see the @torontobluejays.bsky.social winning the world series. It may be a very noisy night!

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, I was pleased with this one. Wordle 1,594 3/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 5d

Not in this corner. Wordle 1,593 6/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty dismal but got there. Wordle 1,593 6/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 7d

Wow! Wordle 1,592 4/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 7d

A somewhat better start to the week. Wordle 1,591 3/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 7d

Good start to the week. Wordle 1,591 3/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 8d

I've only seen 5/6's today. Wordle 1,590 5/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 8d

Took me 5 as well. Wordle 1,590 5/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 9d

Definitely one of Those for me today - and a streak breaker to boot. Wordle 1,589 X/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 10d

A good day for me. But never mind Wordle. Happy Birthday, Philip! Wordle 1,588 3/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 11d

Lucky guess at line 2, then a process of elimination. Wordle 1,587 4/6*

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Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 12d

British politics have become fascinating. I listen to several of the Guardian podcasts, in part as a relief from the news south of the border.

Elaine Calder @calderbennett.bsky.social · 12d

And now I have a streak of 10. Wordle 1,586 4/6*

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