Archive - A Clean, Well-Lighted Handbasket

Write It Down and Burn It

It’s December 30th, time for the obligatory year-end post.

Dec 30, 2025 • Daren Wang

For Your Consideration: Vienna

Mozart Don't Instagram

Dec 23, 2025 • Daren Wang

On the Morning of My 60th Birthday

“Oh, you’re 55?

Dec 16, 2025 • Daren Wang

For Your Consideration: Passau

Although Passau is technically a city in Lower Bavaria, it might as well be in Austria.

Dec 9, 2025 • Daren Wang

On Requiem for Early Blogging by Elizabeth Spiers

I try not to be whiny here in My Handbasket.

Dec 2, 2025 • Daren Wang

November 2025

Confessions of a Flâneur

Or "The Art of Farting Around"

Nov 25, 2025 • Daren Wang

For Your Consideration: Heidelberg

Where the Smart People Go

Nov 18, 2025 • Daren Wang

Let's Take A Walk

The first time I visited Rome, my pensione was next to a bar/café where each morning I’d join the old men of the neighborhood standing at the bar to put…

Nov 11, 2025 • Daren Wang

For Your Consideration: Freiburg Um Breisgau

This one is gonna be hard to beat

Nov 4, 2025 • Daren Wang

October 2025

Stewed Prunes and Other Delights

On Liking What I Like

Oct 28, 2025 • Daren Wang

For Your Consideration: Hamburg

No, not the town five miles from Lake Erie

Oct 21, 2025 • Daren Wang

Learning to Read

Back to Basics, Y'all

Oct 14, 2025 • Daren Wang

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts